# 奶母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǎimǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄨˇ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): neng$^1$ bo$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ni-bú / leng-bú / lin-bú / leng-bó / ni-bó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^1$ bho$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǎimǔ [Phonetic: náimǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǎimǔ
*** Wade–Giles: nai$^3$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: nǎi-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naemuu
*** Palladius: найму (najmu)
*** Sinological IPA : /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: neng$^1$ bo$^3$ [Phonetic: neng$^5$ mo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /nɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$mo⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: neng$^1$ bo$^3$ [Phonetic: neng$^5$ mo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /nɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$mɵ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-bú
*** Tâi-lô: ni-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'buo
*** IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-bú
*** Tâi-lô: ling-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lengbuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin-bú
*** Tâi-lô: lin-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: linbuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-bó
*** Tâi-lô: ling-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lengboir
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-bó
*** Tâi-lô: ni-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'boir
*** IPA (Tainan): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ni$^1$ bho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ni bó
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

### Noun

奶母
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Pinghua) wet nurse

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 奶媽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 奶媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 奶媽子, 奶母 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 奶媽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 奶媽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 奶母 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 奶媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奶媽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 奶媽子, 奶媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 奶媽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 奶媽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 奶媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 奶媽, 濕腰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 奶媽, 奶婆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 奶母 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 𢆡媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 奶娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 奶娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 奶媽, 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 奶婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 契媽 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 奶媽, 契姐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 奶媽 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 奶母, 邀奶母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 奶母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 奶母 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 奶媽 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 奶母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 奶媽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 奶媽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 奶娘, 奶嫲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 奶嬸嬸 |
| Wu | Danyang | 奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶嫂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 奶娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 奶媽 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 奶婆娘 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 奶媽 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 奶媽 |

#### Derived terms

* 奶母車／奶母车

### 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), “奶母”, 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 399.