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娘

niáng

HSK 5 Character

What 娘 means

1. mother
2. young lady
3. colloquialeffeminate

Other readings

娘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• niángvariant of {娘|niáng}

Example sentences

• 干你娘。
  Fuck your mom.
• 新娘来了！
  Here comes the bride!
• 有奶便是娘
  If it gives milk, then it's your mother.
• 他是个伪娘。
  He is a tranny.
• 新娘好像非常漂亮。
  Xīnniáng hǎoxiàng fēicháng piàoliang.
  The bride seems to be very pretty.
• 别对我放肆，小姑娘!
  Bié duì wǒ fàngsì, xiǎogū niáng!
  Don't get sassy with me young lady!

Words starting with 娘

• 娘家niáng jiāwife's family (before marriage)
• 娘子niáng zǐ(dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman
• 娘娘niáng niangqueen; empress; imperial concubine
• 娘儿们niáng r men(dialect) woman; wife
• 娘俩niáng liǎ(colloquial) mother and her child
• 娘娘腔niáng niang qiāngsissy; effeminate
• 娘亲niáng qīnmother
• 娘妈niáng mā(colloquial) woman
• 娘家姓niáng jia xìngmaiden name (of married woman)
• 娘希匹niáng xī pǐ(dialect) fuck!
• 娘胎niáng tāiwomb
• 娘炮niáng pào(slang) effeminate man; sissy; effeminate
• 娘惹Niáng rěNyonya; see 峇峇娘惹
• 娘娘庙Niáng niáng miàotemple of Goddess of Fertility
• 娘的niáng desame as 妈的
• 娘泡niáng pàovariant of 娘炮

Words containing 娘

• 姑娘gū nianggirl; young woman; young lady
• 新娘xīn niángbride
• 老板娘lǎo bǎn niángfemale proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife
• 大娘dà niáng(colloquial) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address)
• 老娘lǎo niángmy old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial)
• 爹娘diē niáng(dialect) parents
• 婆娘pó niang(dialect) wife; (derog.) woman
• 丈母娘zhàng mǔ niángwife's mother; mother-in-law
• 灰姑娘Huī gū niangCinderella; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
• 红娘hóng niángmatchmaker
• 回娘家huí niáng jiā(of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job…
• 姨娘yí niángmaternal aunt; father's concubine (old)
• 伴娘bàn niángbridesmaid; maid of honor; matron of honor
• 老大娘lǎo dà niángold lady; Madam (polite address)
• 骂娘mà niángto curse (at sb); to call sb names
• 干娘gān niángadoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 伯娘bó niángwife of father's older brother; aunt
• 喜娘xǐ niángmatron of honor (old)
• 奶娘nǎi niáng(dialect) wet nurse
• 家娘jiā niáng(dialect) husband's mother
• 师娘shī niángterm of respect for a teacher's wife; sorceress
• 度娘Dù niángalternative name for Baidu 百度
• 厨娘chú niángfemale cook
• 后娘hòu niángstepmother (coll.)

Characters built on 良

These share the phonetic component 良 (liáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 踉liángused in 跳踉

Characters that look like 娘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 娱yúto amuse
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 狼lángwolf
• 婊biǎoprostitute