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阿嬷

ā mā

2-character word Traditional 阿嬤

What 阿嬷 means

1. Taiwangrandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])

The characters in 阿嬷

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 嬷módialectal or obsolete equivalent of 妈; Taiwan pr. mā

Example sentences

• 佳玲说她阿嬷会用 LINE 了，还每天传贴图。
  Chia-ling said her grandma knows how to use LINE now. She sends stickers every day.

Sounds the same

Read ā mā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阿妈grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse