# 娘仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-á / niô͘-á / niû--á
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á
*** Tâi-lô: niû-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: niu'ar
*** IPA (Taipei, Yilan): /niũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ a³¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niô͘-á
*** Tâi-lô: niôo-á
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /niɔ̃¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû--á
*** Tâi-lô: niû--á

### Noun

娘仔
* (Hokkien) silkworm
    Alternative form: 蠶仔／蚕仔
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) young lady
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) female beloved

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蠶 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蠶兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蠶兒, 桑蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蠶兒, 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蠶兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蠶崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蠶, 蠶蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蠶兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蠶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蠶兒, 蠶寶寶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蠶兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蠶, 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蠶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蠶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蠶哩 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蠶子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠶, 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蠶 |
| Jin | Datong | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蠶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蠶 |
| Jin | Jining | 蠶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蠶 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蠶 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蠶 |
| Jin | Handan | 蠶 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蠶 |
| Jin | Suide | 蠶兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蠶蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蠶囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 桑囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蠶囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 桑蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 娘仙, 娘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 娘仔, 蠶貓仔 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Sidu) | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蟲 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 蠶仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 蠶仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蠶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠶蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蠶 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 絲蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠶, 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蠶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠶, 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠶兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蠶子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠶子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蠶 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 蠶屎蟲, 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 蠶絲蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 桑蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 蠶子龍 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 蠶蟲 |
* (young lady): 小姐 (xiǎojiě)

#### Derived terms

* 娘仔卵
* 娘仔囝
* 娘仔屎
* 娘仔帽
* 娘仔棗／娘仔枣
* 娘仔樹／娘仔树
* 娘仔樹子／娘仔树子
* 娘仔箔
* 娘仔箬
* 娘仔絲／娘仔丝
* 娘仔繭／娘仔茧
* 娘仔蝦／娘仔虾
* 娘仔蝶
* 娘仔蟻／娘仔蚁
* 娘仔觳
* 娘仔觳仔
* 娘仔豆