娘U+5A1810 STROKES
Entry·pron. niáng
ㄋㄧㄤˊ
“Young lady; mother; wife; term of address for an older woman or married woman; formerly, a respectful term for a female employer; (coll.) effeminate.”
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- 姑娘ㄍㄨ ˙ㄋㄧㄤgirl; young woman; young lady; daughter; (archaic) paternal aunt; (archaic) concubine; (archaic) prostitute.
- 新娘ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄤˊbride; a woman who has just married or is about to be married.
- 娘家ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚa married woman's parents' home; the family of one's wife (before marriage).
- 老闆娘ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊfemale owner or manager of a business; boss's wife; woman in charge of a shop or company
- 娘娘ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤtitle for an empress or imperial consort; female deity; respectful address for a woman; mother (archaic)
- 小姑娘ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨ ˙ㄋㄧㄤlittle girl; young unmarried woman
- 娘子ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇwife; general term for a woman; historical: imperial concubine or palace consort; servant's term for female master
- 聶隱娘ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊNie Yinniang; legendary Tang dynasty female assassin; title of a classical tale and Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2015 film
- 老娘ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄋㄧㄤa woman's self-important first-person pronoun ("I"); one's elderly mother; wife; midwife (archaic); maternal grandmother (archaic)
- 灰姑娘ㄏㄨㄟ ㄍㄨ ㄋㄧㄤˊCinderella; European folk tale of a mistreated girl who rises to fortune; a plain girl transformed into someone admired
- 爹娘ㄉㄧㄝ ㄋㄧㄤˊfather and mother; parents
- 老板娘ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊfemale boss; proprietress of a small business; wife of the boss; (informal) one's wife.
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