阿媽
See also: 阿妈
Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
mother; mama | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa3 maa1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āmā
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ama
- Wade–Giles: a1-ma1
- Yale: ā-mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- Palladius: ама (ama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa3 maa1
- Yale: a mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 maa1
- Guangdong Romanization: a3 ma1
- Sinological IPA (key): /aː³³ maː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mâ
- Tâi-lô: a-mâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: amaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ mã²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 ma5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a mâ
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ ma⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
阿媽
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum; mother”) [map]
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
mother; mama | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
| alternative forms | 阿嬤/阿嬷 俺媽/俺妈 俺嬤/俺嬷 阿罵/阿骂 (āmà) Taiwan; nonstandard | ||
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa3 maa5
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āmā
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ama
- Wade–Giles: a1-ma1
- Yale: ā-mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- Palladius: ама (ama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
- (imitating Min Nan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āmà
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: amà
- Wade–Giles: a1-ma4
- Yale: ā-mà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amah
- Palladius: ама (ama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-má
- Tâi-lô: a-má
- Phofsit Daibuun: amar
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 ma2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a má
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ ma⁵²/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
阿媽
- (chiefly Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) grandmother
- (Southern Min) elderly woman
Hyponyms
- (grandmother):
Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”) [map]
Descendants
Proper noun
阿媽
- (Hong Kong, chiefly Tanka Cantonese, Weitou Cantonese, Hakka, religion) An epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu - 媽祖/妈祖 (Māzǔ).
Etymology 2
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
| alternative forms | 阿馬/阿马 阿瑪/阿玛 | ||
From Jurchen [Term?] or Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: àmā → àma (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄚˋ ㄇㄚ → ㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: àmå
- Wade–Giles: a4-ma5
- Yale: à-ma
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ah.mha
- Palladius: ама (ama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵¹ mä⁵⁵/ → /ˀä⁵¹ mä¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āmā
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ama
- Wade–Giles: a1-ma1
- Yale: ā-mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- Palladius: ама (ama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
Noun
阿媽
- (historical) alternative form of 阿瑪 / 阿玛 (àma, “dad, daddy, father in Mongolian, Jurchen or Manchu contexts”)
References
- “阿媽”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 周樹佳 (2009), 香港諸神——起源、廟宇與崇拜, page 49.