娘娘

Chinese

		mother; young lady	mother; young lady
simp. and trad. (娘娘)		娘	娘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niángniang

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ noeng⁴
Min Nan (POJ): niû-niû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niángniang
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang.nhiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noeng⁴ noeng⁴
  - Yale: nèuhng nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ nêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-niû
  - Tâi-lô: niû-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niuniuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ²⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niũ¹³⁻²² niũ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ niũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ niũ²³/

Noun

娘娘

(archaic) lady (a term for use when addressing an empress or a consort)

太后娘娘 ― tàihòu niángniang ― Empress Dowager
(religion) lady (a term for use when addressing a goddess)

王母娘娘 ― Wángmǔ Niángniang ― Queen Mother of the West
(archaic) woman; lady
(archaic) mother

Derived terms

娘娘腔 (niángniangqiāng)

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