# 奶媽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǎimā
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄚ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naai$^5$ maa$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nai$^4$ ma$^2$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nên$^4$ ma$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): nai$^2$ ma$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nái-ma
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$na-ma
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lai$^3$ ma$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǎimā
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǎima
*** Wade–Giles: nai$^3$-ma$^1$
*** Yale: nǎi-mā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naemha
*** Palladius: найма (najma)
*** Sinological IPA : /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naai$^5$ maa$^1$
*** Yale: náaih mā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naai$^5$ maa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nai$^5$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːi̯¹³ maː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^4$ ma$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdai²¹ ᵐba⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: nên$^4$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /nɛn⁵³ ma⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: nai$^2$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /nai⁵³ ma¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nái-ma
*** Tâi-lô: nái-ma
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naymaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$na-ma
*** MiniDict: na$^去$ ma
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$na-ma
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²² ma⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: lai$^3$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lai̯⁴¹ ma̠³³/

### Noun

奶媽
* wet nurse
* (roleplaying games, figurative, slang) healer
* (Cantonese) powerbank
* (Yudu Hakka) godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother

#### 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 | Jieyang | 奶母 |
| 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 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 移動電源 Mainland China, 充電寶 Mainland China, 隨身充 Mainland China, 行動電源 Taiwan |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 行動電源, 行動充, 行充 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 充電寶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 充電寶, 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 尿袋, 隨叉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | powerbank |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乾媽, 乾娘, 義母 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乾媽, 乾娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 乾娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 乾媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 乾媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 乾媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 乾媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 乾媽, 契媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契媽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 契媽 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 契媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 乾娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 契娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 乾娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 相認哀 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 契姐, 奶媽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 義奶, 義娘奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 契母 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 契母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 契母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 契母 GT |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 契母 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 契母, 契哀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 契哀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 契嬭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 契媽, 契娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 乾娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 乾娘 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 乾娘 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Related terms

* (Gan) 奶爺／奶爷
* (Jin) 奶爸爸