# 後媽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hòumā
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hou$^4$ ma$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$ maa$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hou$^3$ ma$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòumā
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòuma
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$-ma$^1$
*** Yale: hòu-mā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmha
*** Palladius: хоума (xouma)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹ mä⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hou$^4$ ma$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xouma
*** Sinological IPA : /xəu²¹³ ma⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$ maa$^1$
*** Yale: hauh mā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$ maa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²² maː⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hou$^3$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵ ma¹¹/

### Noun

後媽
* (colloquial) stepmother

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 繼母, 後母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 繼母, 後母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 後媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 後媽, 晚媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 後媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 後媽, 後娘, 繼母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 後媽, 繼母 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 繼母娘, 後娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 後媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 後娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 後媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 後媽兒, 後娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 後嬤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 後媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 後娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 後媽, 後娘, 姚娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 後娘, 後媽媽, 後媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 後娘, 晚娘, 繼母娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 後媽, 姚婆子, 繼母 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 後媽, 後娘, 繼母 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 後媽, 後娘, 姨娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 後娘, 後媽, 繼母 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 後來娘, 後娘, 後媽, 後母, 晚娘, 繼母 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 後媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 後媽, 後娘, 晚娘, 晚媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 後娘, 嬸娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 晚娘, 繼母 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚娘, 繼母娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 繼娘 face-to-face, 後娘 non-face-to-face, 晚娘 non-face-to-face |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 後母, 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 後母, 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 後歸婆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 返頭婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 後仔乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 後歸乸, 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 繼母 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 後仔乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 後母, 後仔乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 後母 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 後母, 返頭婆 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿姊, 承契 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 後歸婆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 後歸奶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 背底奶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 後乸, 後底乸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 後仔乸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 後乸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 後娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 後娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 後娘, 後來娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 後哀, 繼母 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 後來婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 後來嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 後來婆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 後母 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 後母 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 後哀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 後哀, 接腳哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 後哀 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 後哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 後哀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 後哀 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 後來哀 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晚娘 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 後母, 晚娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 後媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 後波, 後娘, 後繼母 |
| Jin | Linhe | 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jin | Jining | 後媽 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 後媽, 後娘, 後繼母 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 繼母, 後媽, 後娘 |
| Jin | Handan | 繼母, 後娘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 後奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 後郎奶, 後奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 後母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 後母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 後母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 後母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 後母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 繼媽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 後嬡 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 後奶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 後母, 繼母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 後母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 後母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 後老娘, 後底搉, 後媽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 後娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 晚娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 晚娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 晚娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 繼娘, 晚娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 晚娘, 後娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 晚娘, 後娘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 後娘, 後嬸, 晚娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 晚娘, 後娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 後娘子, 後娘, 後來娘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 後來娘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 後頭娘 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 後娘 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 繼母 |