# 爺娘
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yéniáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^4$ noeng$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ia$^4$ nyiong
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yà-ngiòng
    (Hailu, HRS): rha ngiong
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ya-gnian$_6$ / $^2$ya-gnian$_2$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia$^2$ nyian$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yéniáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yéniáng
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^2$-niang$^2$
*** Yale: yé-nyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeniang
*** Palladius: енян (jenjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^4$ noeng$^4$
*** Yale: yèh nèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^4$ noeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^4$ nêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^4$ nyiong
*** Sinological IPA : /ia³⁵ n̠ʲiɔŋ²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà-ngiòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˇ$ ngiong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$ ngiong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà-ngiòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˇ$ ngiong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$ ngiong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rha ngiong
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒa⁵⁵ ŋioŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya-gnian$_6$
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$ nyan$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia-nyian$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^2$ya-gnian$_2$
*** MiniDict: ya$^平$ nyan$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦia²² n̠ʲiã²²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^2$ nyian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯a̠¹³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

### Noun

爺娘
* (literary or Gan, Hakka, Xiang, Wu) parents
    From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ
    bù wén yéniáng huàn nǚ shēng, dàn wén Huánghé liúshuǐ míng jiànjiàn [Pinyin]
    No sound of her parents hailing their girl, just the rumbling waters of the Yellow River.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 父母, 雙親, 父母親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爹媽, 老家兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爸媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 爸媽, 家長 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老的兒, 爹媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老兒的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 媽爸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娘老子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娘老子, 老漢們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 娘老子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 娘老子, 媽老漢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 媽老漢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 娘老子, 兩老 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 娘老子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 娘老子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 娘老子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 爺娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老豆老母 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老子阿奶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爺娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 娘爺 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿爸阿姆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿姆阿爸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿爸阿姆 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Changting | 爹哀, 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 爹母 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 爹姐 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 爹哀 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 爺姐 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 娘爺 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 爺姐 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 爺佬姐佬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 爺哀, 爺母, 兩老 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿爸阿姆 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 老子阿奶 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 父母 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 爸媽 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 父母親 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 爺哀 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 爺哀, 爸哀 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 爸哀 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 爸媽 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 爹娘 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老子娘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爹奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 爸奶 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 爸奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爸母, 老爸母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爸母, 老爸母 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爸母, 老爸母 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 父嬡, 爸母 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 父嬡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 爸母 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爺娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爺娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 娘老子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 爹娘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶阿伯, 阿伯奶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 爺娘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 爺娘 |

#### Derived terms

* 毋識字怨爺娘，毋會賺錢怨屋場 / 毋识字怨爷娘，毋会赚钱怨屋场 (m̀ sṳt-sṳ yen yà-ngiòng, m̀-voi chhon-chhièn yen vuk-chhòng)
* 爺娘想子長江水，子想爺娘擔竿長 / 爷娘想子长江水，子想爷娘担竿长 (yà-ngiòng sióng chṳ́ chhòng-kông súi, chṳ́ sióng yà-ngiòng tam-kôn chhòng)