# 鴨母
## Chinese

* ah-bó (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): ák-mō̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or$^5$ bo$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ah-bú / ah-bó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ah$^4$ bho$^2$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ák-mō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ mo³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: or$^5$ bo$^3$ [Phonetic: or$^1$ o$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤-beô
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒ²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$o⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: or$^5$ bo$^3$ [Phonetic: or$^1$ bho$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒ²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$βɵ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bú
*** Tâi-lô: ah-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ahbuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ bu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bó
*** Tâi-lô: ah-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ahboir
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɤ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Penang): /a(ʔ)³⁻⁴ bo⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ah$^4$ bho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ah bó
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ²⁻⁴ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

### Noun

鴨母
* (Chongqing Sichuanese, Coastal Min) female duck

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母鴨, 雌鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 母鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 母鴨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 母鴨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 母鴨巴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 母鴨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 母鴨子, 鴨僆 has never laid eggs |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 母鴨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 母鴨子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 母鴨子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 母鴨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 母鴨子, 鴨婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 母鴨子, 鴨母, 鴨母兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 母鴨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 母鴨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 母鴨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 母鴨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 母鴨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 母鴨, 母鴨子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨乸 has laid eggs, 鴨蘭 has never laid eggs |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 鴨婆 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 鴨婆, 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鴨乸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 母鴨 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鴨乸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鴨婆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鴨𡡉兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鴨婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鴨乸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鴨婆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鴨婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 鴨嫲 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 鴨嫲 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 磨鴨兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 母鴨子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 母鴨子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鴨婆仔, 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 鴨母仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鴨母 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鴨母, 鴨僆 has never laid eggs |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨母 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴨母 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鴨母 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 鴨嫲 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鴨母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鴨母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 母鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雌鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 雌鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 雌鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 子鴨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 母鴨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 草鴨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鴨婆, 鴨婆子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鴨婆 |

#### Derived terms

* 鴨母仔 / 鸭母仔
* 鴨母卵 / 鸭母卵
* 鴨母喙罔撈 / 鸭母喙罔捞
* 鴨母捻 / 鸭母捻
* 鴨母笛仔 / 鸭母笛仔
* 鴨母跤 / 鸭母跤
* 鴨母蹄 / 鸭母蹄

### References

* “鴨母”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.