乾媽

See also: 干妈

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; mama
trad. (乾媽)		乾	媽
simp. (干妈)		干	妈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gānmā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄇㄚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганма (ganma, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ maa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānmā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganma
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-ma¹
  - Yale: gān-mā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmha
  - Palladius: ганьма (ganʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганма (ganma, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃²⁴ ma²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ maa¹
  - Yale: gōn mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

乾媽

(colloquial) adoptive mother
(neologism) sugar mama

Synonyms

乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng)
(Cantonese) 契媽／契妈
(Hakka) 相認哀／相认哀
(Northern Min) 老奶
(Eastern Min) 義奶／义奶, 義娘奶／义娘奶
(Hokkien, Teochew) 契母, 契哀

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