# 叔母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shūmǔ, shúmǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄇㄨˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^1$ mou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shūmǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shumǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: shū-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shumuu
*** Palladius: шуму (šumu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shúmǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shúmǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^2$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: shú-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwumuu
*** Palladius: шуму (šumu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^1$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: sūk móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^7$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^1$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚⁵ mou̯¹³/

### Noun

叔母
* paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬸母, 叔母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬸兒, 嬸子, 嬸兒媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嬸嬸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 嬸子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 嬸子, 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嬸嬸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 嬸子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嬸子, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嬸嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 親媽, 花媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 嬸兒, 嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娘, 芽芽 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嬸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嬸子, 嬸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 嬸嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 芽芽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 嬸嬸, 媽, 小嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 嬸嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嬸娘, 娘, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嬸娘, 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嬸嬸, 娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 娘娘, 嬸娘, 嬸嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 嬸嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 嬸嫫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿嬸, 嬸嬸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 阿嬸, 嬸仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 阿嬸, 嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 叔姆仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 叔婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 嬸婆 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細娘 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嬸娘, 嬸子, 嬸, 嬸嬸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嬸嬸, 嬸老子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 娘娘 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 娘 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 叔姆子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 嬸子, 嬸嬸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 叔母, 母母 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 嫫嫫 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫫嫫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 叔姆, 姆姆, 嬭若 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 叔姆, 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 叔姆, 阿叔姆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 叔姆, 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 叔娘 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 叔娘 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 叔姆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嬸嬸, 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 嬸兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 阿嬸 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 媽兒, 新人媽兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 姆 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 嬸娘 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 嬸嬸 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Linhe | 二媽 |
| Jin | Jining | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Baotou | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 二媽 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 嬸子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嬸仔, 嬸嬸 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿嬸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嬸嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿嬸 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嬸仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 家嬸, 依嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 嬸, 依嬸, 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 家嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 家嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 母嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 嬸奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依嬸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 嬸婆, 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿嬸, 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 嬸, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 嬸仔, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 姆仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 姆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 姆仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 阿嬸仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 嬸姩, 阿姩 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 嬸姩 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿嬸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿嬸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 叔母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 叔母, 阿母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 叔婆 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 叔婆 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 叔嬤仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 嬤嬤 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 嬤 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 細嬤 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 嬸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸媽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嬸娘, 嬸媽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嬸嬸, 阿嬸, 嬸娒, 嬸娘 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嬸嬸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嬸娘, 阿姨 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嬸, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 嬸嬸, 嬸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 嬸嬸, 嬸子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 嬸娘, 嬸 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 叔 | 母 |
| Grade: S | Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
* Alternative spellings
* 伯母 小母 姨

### Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in a text from 701. In turn, reconstructed as descending from Proto-Japonic *wonpa.
Likely a compound of 小 (o-, “small, young”) +‎ 母 (ha, “mother”). Compare 叔父 (oji, “uncle”), also likely from 小 (o-) +‎ 父 (chi, “father”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おば [òbá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ba̠]

### Noun

叔母(おば) • (oba)
* aunt (younger than one’s parent)
* a prostitute
* (slang, used by criminals) prison guard

#### Usage notes

* This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

#### Coordinate terms

* 伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
* 叔父(おじ) (oji): uncle (younger than one’s parent)
* 伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

#### Related terms

* 伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
* おばさん (obasan): aunt (polite)
* 小母(おば)さん (obasan): lady, old lady, ma'am

### References

* 1 2 3 “お‐ば［を‥］ 【伯母・叔母・小母・姨】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ “お‐じ［をぢ］ 【爺・伯父・叔父・小父】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN