祖媽

Chinese

ancestor; forefather; grandparents mother; mama
trad. (祖媽)
simp. (祖妈)
anagram 媽祖妈祖

Pronunciation


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou3 ma3 [Phonetic: zou5 ma3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cô-mâ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ma⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou3 ma3 [Phonetic: zou5 ma3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔu³³²⁻²¹ ma³³²/
  • Southern Min

Noun

祖媽

  1. (Hokkien) great-grandmother (particularly paternal grandfather's mother)
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien, vulgar) another's great-grandmother (usually referring to the speaker to insult someone)
  3. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) deceased female ancestor
  4. (Puxian Min, figurative) spoiled and lazy woman

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “祖妈”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 601.