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niáng
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. mother
  2. 2. young lady
  3. 3. (coll.) effeminate

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 857777)

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Words Containing 娘

娘惹
niáng rě

Nyonya

有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng

lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)

子孙娘娘
zǐ sūn niáng niang

goddess of fertility

半老徐娘
bàn lǎo xú niáng

middle-aged but still attractive woman

天孙娘娘
tiān sūn niáng niáng

Goddess of Fertility

桃金娘
táo jīn niáng

rose myrtle (Myrtus communis)

干娘
gān niáng

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

走娘家
zǒu niáng jiā

(of a wife) to visit one's parental home

大娘
dà niáng

aunt (polite address)

回娘家
huí niáng jiā

(of a wife) to return to her parental home

王母娘娘
wáng mǔ niáng niáng

another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West

黄花姑娘
huáng huā gū niang

maiden

纺织娘
fǎng zhī niáng

katydid

有奶就是娘
yǒu nǎi jiù shì niáng

see 有奶便是娘[yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng]

娘希匹
niáng xī pǐ

(dialect) fuck!

丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng

wife's mother

新娘
xīn niáng

bride

爹娘
diē niáng

(dialect) parents

婆娘
pó niáng

woman (derog.)

娘娘
niáng niang

queen

度娘
dù niáng

alternative name for Baidu 百度[bǎi dù]

厨娘
chú niáng

female cook

后娘
hòu niáng

stepmother (coll.)

杜秋娘歌
dù qiū niáng gē

song of lady Du Qiu, poem by Du Mu 杜牧

新嫁娘
xīn jià niáng

bride

老大娘
lǎo dà niáng

Madam (polite address)

伴娘
bàn niáng

bridesmaid

红姑娘
hóng gū niang

Chinese lantern plant

峇峇娘惹
bā bā niáng rě

Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)

姨娘
yí niáng

maternal aunt

娘家姓
niáng jia xìng

maiden name (of married woman)

红娘
hóng niáng

matchmaker

娘的
niáng de

same as 媽的|妈的[mā de]

娘炮
niáng pào

(slang) effeminate man

娘家
niáng jia

married woman's parents' home

娘娘腔
niáng niang qiāng

sissy

奶娘
nǎi niáng

(dialect) wet nurse

娘子
niáng zǐ

(dialect) form of address for one's wife

他娘的
tā niáng de

same as 他媽的|他妈的[tā mā de]

娘娘庙
niáng niáng miào

temple of Goddess of Fertility

家娘
jiā niáng

(dialect) husband's mother

桃金娘科
táo jīn niáng kē

Myrtaceae (family including myrtle, rosemary, oregano etc)

老板娘
lǎo bǎn niáng

female proprietor

徐娘半老
xú niáng bàn lǎo

middle-aged but still attractive woman

新娘子
xīn niáng zi

see 新娘[xīn niáng]

姑娘
gū niang

girl

端起碗吃肉,放下筷子骂娘
duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng

fig. to complain despite being privileged

师娘
shī niáng

term of respect for a teacher's wife

娘妈
niáng mā

(coll.) woman

娘胎
niáng tāi

womb

灰姑娘
huī gū niang

Cinderella

正宫娘娘
zhèng gōng niáng niáng

empress

天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)

狗娘养的
gǒu niáng yǎng de

son of a bitch

舞娘
wǔ niáng

female dancer

骂娘
mà niáng

to curse (at sb)

老娘
lǎo niáng

maternal grandmother

红色娘子军
hóng sè niáng zi jūn

Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964