娘 (noeng4 noeng1 | niang2) : mom; aunt; girl; old-fashioned

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娘

noeng4 noeng1

niang2

[粵] noeng4 [國] niang2
[1] [n] mom; mum; ma; mother
[2] [n] aunt - a form of addressing an elderly married woman
[3] [n] girl; young woman

[粵] noeng1 - Cantonese only
[adj] unfashionable; unstylish; dowdy

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

娘

This word has been viewed 9537 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th May 2017 03:30

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老闆娘 lou5 baan2 noeng4 lao3 ban3 niang2 = proprietress

伴娘 bun6 noeng4*2 ban4 niang2 = maid of honor; matron of honor

姑娘 gu1 noeng4 gu1 niang5 = girl; maiden

新娘 san1 noeng4*2/4 xin1 niang2 = bride

爹娘 de1 noeng4 = father and mother, parents

鐵姑娘 tit3 gu1 noeng4 tie3 gu1 niang2 = iron lady

娘家 noeng4 gaa1 niang2 jia1 = the home or family of a married woman's parents

新嫁娘 san1 gaa3 noeng4*2 = a newlywed bride

老大娘 lou5 daai6 noeng4 lao3 da4 niang2 = aunty; granny 國

脫衣舞娘 tyut3 ji1 mou5 noeng4 tuo1 yi1 wu3 niang2 = striptease dancer

大娘 daai6 noeng4 da4 niang2 = (informal) father's older brother's wife; aunt

伯娘 baak3 noeng4 = auntie, granny (伯母,大媽)

叫姑娘 giu3 gu1 noeng4 = to visit prostitutes

美娘子 mei5 noeng4 zi2 = Premna integrifolia var. obtusifolia

過埠新娘 gwo3 fau6 san1 noeng4*2/4 = a mail-order bride; women who seek marriage abroad

生娘唔大養娘大 saang1 noeng4 m4 daai6 joeng5 noeng4 daai6 = foster parents are to be honoured more than natural parents 粵

婆娘 po4 noeng4 po2 niang2 = young married woman; wife

娘娘腔 noeng4 noeng4 hong1 niang2 niang5/2 qiang1 = girly, feminine, sissy, womanish

娘屎 noeng4*1 si2 = uncool; old-fashioned 粵

娘親 noeng4 can1 niang2 qin1 = one's own mother, mom

娘子軍 noeng4 zi2 gwan1 = female troops; amazons; women on the side of an argument

紅色娘子軍 hung4 sik1 noeng4 zi2 gwan1 = Red Female Army

娘娘 noeng4 noeng4 = empress

娘丙 noeng4*1 bing2 = used to describe someone being provincial, unsophisticated, uncool 粵

纏腳娘 cin4 goek3 noeng4*1 = a woman with bound feet; [slang] any timid and conservative person 粵

密實姑娘假正經 mat6 sat6 gu1 noeng4 gaa2 zing3 ging1 mi4 shi2 gu1 niang5 jia3 zheng4 jing1 = sanctimonious

娘惹 noeng3 ja1 = Nonya, Nyonya

娘胎 noeng4 toi1 niang2 tai1 = a (mother's) womb

娘炮 noeng4 paau3 niang2 pao4 = girlish 國

凖新娘 zeon2 san1 noeng4*2 zhun3 xin1 niang2 = bride-to-be

灰姑娘 fui1 gu1 noeng4 = Cinderella

娘子 noeng4 zi2 niang2 zi3 = wife (in the olden days)

好娘 hou2 noeng4*1 = old-fashioned; uncool 粵

有奶便是娘 jau5 naai5 bin6 si6 noeng4 you3 nai3 bian4 shi4 niang2 = A person only listens to those who give him wealth or power

娘爆 noeng1 baau3 = extremely old-fashioned 粵

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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