# 姥姥
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lǎolao
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao$^3$ nao$^{3-1}$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$ lou$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lau$^2$ lau$^{2-1}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎolao
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎolåo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-lao$^5$
*** Yale: lǎu-lau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.lau
*** Palladius: лаолао (laolao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ lɑʊ̯⁴/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$姥姥 老老
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nao$^3$ nao$^{3-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: laolao
*** Sinological IPA : /nau⁵³ nau⁵³⁻⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$ lou$^5$
*** Yale: lóuh lóuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$ lou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$ lou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³ lou̯¹³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$姥姥 老老
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lau$^2$ lau$^{2-1}$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³ lau⁵³⁻¹¹/

### Noun

姥姥
* (colloquial) maternal grandmother; grandma
* (regional) female midwife

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 外祖母, 外王母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 外祖母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姥姥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 外婆, 阿嬤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 姥姥, 姥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 姥姥, 姥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 姥姥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 姥姥, 姥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姥兒, 姥姥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姥娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 外婆, 婆婆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 姥姥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姥娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姥, 姥母 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 姥娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姥姥, 婆兒婆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 舅廈娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 姥娘, 姥姥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 外奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 外奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 外奶奶, 姥姥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 奶奶, 外奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 外奶奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 外婆, 家婆, 家家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 家家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 婆婆, 外婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 婆婆, 外婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 婆婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 外婆, 婆, 阿婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 婆婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 婆婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 外婆奶奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 外奶奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 家婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿婆, 婆婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 姐婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 姐婆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huangpu) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 遠婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 婆婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 祖婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 子婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 祖婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 祖婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿婆, 外婆, 婆, 婆婆 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 婆大 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿婆, 婆婆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 姊婆, 阿婆 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿婆, 婆婆 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 外嫲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 外婆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 外婆, 婆婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 阿婆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 阿婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 小婆 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 外媽 |
| Hakka | Changting | 婆則 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 外娭姐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 外娭姐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 外阿婆 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 外子媽 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 婆婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 外阿婆, 阿婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 外阿婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 姐嬤 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 外媽 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 外婆 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 姐婆 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 阿姐 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 外婆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 外婆 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 外婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 娘娘, 姥娘, 姥姥 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 婆婆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姥姥啊, 呀姥, 姥姥 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Linhe | 姥娘 |
| Jin | Jining | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Baotou | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 姥姥, 姥娘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 畲嫲, 嫲嫲, 外婆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 畲嫲 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 婆 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 婆奶 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 外婆 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 婆婆 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 外婆 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿婆, 畲嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 外媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 外媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 外媽 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 外媽 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 外媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 外婆 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 外婆 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 外婆 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 娘婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 外婆 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿媽, 俺媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媽仔, 俺媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 外家媽 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿媽, 咉媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 外媽, 阿媽 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 外媽, 俺媽 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿媽, 媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 俺媽, 阿媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 外婆 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿媽, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 外家祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 外婆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 媽, 阿媽, 婆, 外家媽, 外家婆, 外媽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 阿婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 外頭媽 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 外頭媽 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 婆 face-to-face, 外家婆 non-face-to-face |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 阿婆, 外婆 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 外婆, 婆婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 外婆, 外婆爾奶, 爾奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 親婆, 外婆, 阿婆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 外婆 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 舅婆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 婆婆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 外婆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 外婆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 外婆娘, 外婆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 外婆, 婆婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 外婆 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 外婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 外婆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 外婆 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 外婆 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 外婆 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 穩婆, 產婆 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 助產士, 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 接生的, 接生婆兒, 接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 助產士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 接生員兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 接生員, 老娘婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 接生員, 老牛婆, 老娘婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 助產士 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 接生員, 老娘婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 接生員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 接生員, 助產士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 接生的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 接生員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 接生員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 接生員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 接生員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 接生員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 接生員 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 接生員 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 接生的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 接生婆兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 接生員兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 收生婆, 老娘婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 接生員, 收生婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 接生員, 拾娃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 接生員兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 助產師 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 接生員, 接生的, 包娃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 接生員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 接生員, 穩婆, 老娘婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 接生員, 老娘婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 接生員, 收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 接生員 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 接生員, 老娘婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 接生員, 老娘婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 接生員, 隱婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 老娘婆, 接生婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 接生婆, 產婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 接生的, 接生婆兒, 接生婆, 撿生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 接生員, 接生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 接生員, 撿生婆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 接生員兒, 接生婆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 接生員, 接生的, 撿生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 接生員, 接生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 接生婆, 撿生奶, 接生奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 接生員兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 接生的, 撿生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 接生的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 接生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 接生員, 收生婆, 接生婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 接生員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 接生員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 接生婆, 姥姥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 接生員, 收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 接生員, 收生婆, 老娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 接生員, 接生的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 接生的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 接生員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 接生的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 接生員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 接生員 |
| 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 | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 產婆, 輕身婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 產婆 |
| 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 | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 產婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 產婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 接生婆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 接生的 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 接產的, 老娘婆 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 接生員兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 接生員兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 接產員兒, 收生婆 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 接生員兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 接生員兒, 接產員兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 接生員 |
| Jin | Jining | 接產員, 接產的 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 接生員兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 接生員 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 接生員 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 接生的 |
| Jin | Handan | 接生員 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 接生員 |
| Jin | Suide | 接生員兒 |
| 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 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 包臍媽 |
| 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. |

#### Derived terms

* 劉姥姥進大觀園 / 刘姥姥进大观园 (Liúlǎolǎo jìn dàguānyuán)
* 姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao)
* 姥姥不疼，舅舅不愛 / 姥姥不疼，舅舅不爱
* 姨姥姥 (yílǎolao)

### Interjection

姥姥
* (colloquial) bloody hell!; bastards!; like hell!; never!

### Further reading

* “出版社改教材引發「外婆」與「姥姥」的南北之爭”, in BBC News 中文‎, 2018 June 22