niáng

variant of 娘[niang2]

woman (女) + good sound (良) = mother or young woman

良 gives the sound niáng; the woman radical 女 carries the meaning, pointing to a mother or young woman. The word is warm and intimate in tone, most familiar in 娘亲 or simply as a child's word for mother.

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他从小就和住在一起。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù hé niáng zhù zài yī qǐ。

He has lived together with his mother since childhood.

每天早起给我们做早饭。

niáng měi tiān zǎo qǐ gěi wǒ men zuò zǎo fàn。

Mother gets up early every day to make breakfast for us.

Words with 娘

黄花姑娘

huáng huā gū niang

maiden

丈母娘

zhàng mǔ niáng

wife's mother; mother-in-law

干娘

gān niáng

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

他娘的

tā niáng de

same as 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]

伴娘

bàn niáng

bridesmaid

半老徐娘

bàn lǎo xú niáng

middle-aged but still attractive woman

喜娘

xǐ niáng

matron of honor (old)

回娘家

huí niáng jiā

(of a wife) to return to her parental home

大娘

dà niáng

(coll.) father's older brother's wife

天孙娘娘

tiān sūn niáng niáng

Goddess of Fertility

天要落雨,娘要嫁人

tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)

奶娘

nǎi niáng

(dialect) wet nurse

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