# 先生媽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-siⁿ-má / sin-seⁿ-má
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-siⁿ-má
*** Tâi-lô: sian-sinn-má
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siensvimar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ sĩ³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-seⁿ-má
*** Tâi-lô: sin-senn-má
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sinsvemar
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/

### Noun

先生媽
* (Mainland China Hokkien) female doctor (usually middle-aged)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) midwife (female only)
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) mother of one's teacher or doctor

#### Synonyms

* (midwife):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 穩婆, 產婆 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 助產士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老牛婆, 老娘婆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 接生婆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 收生婆, 老娘婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 接生員, 拾娃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 包娃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老娘婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老娘婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 接生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 接生婆, 撿生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 撿生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 撿生奶, 接生奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 收生婆, 接生婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 接生婆, 姥姥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 執媽, 執仔婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 執媽, 執仔婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 伴生婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 阿婆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 撿伢崽娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 接生娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 產婆, 接生婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 輕身婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 產婆, 助產士 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 產婆, 接生婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 產婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 接生婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老娘婆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 收生婆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拾洗奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拾囝婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older, 抾囝姆 dated, older |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 抾囝母, 先生媽 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 產婆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 抾囝母 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 生囝婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 接生婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老娘婆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 收生婆, 接生格 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 收生婆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 接生老娘, 接生婆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 洗生婆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 接生娘, 洗生娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 接生婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 收生婆, 接生員 |
| Note | Most of the terms are only used for female midwives. | Most of the terms are only used for female midwives. |