娘仔

Chinese

		mother; young lady	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (娘仔)		娘	仔

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): niû-á / niô͘-á

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á
  - Tâi-lô: niû-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niu'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niô͘-á
  - Tâi-lô: niôo-á
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niɔ̃¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

Noun

娘仔

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) silkworm
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) young lady

Synonyms

(silkworm): 蠶／蚕 (cán)
(young lady): 小姐 (xiǎojiě)

Derived terms

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