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娘
niáng
1. mother
2. young lady
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

娘
niáng
mother; young girl; woman; wife
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

娘炮
niángpào
(slang) effeminate man
娘的
niángde
same as [[媽的|妈的<māde>]]
娘胎
niángtāi
womb
婆娘
póniáng
woman (derog.)
新娘
xīnniáng
bride
HSK 6
家娘
jiāniáng
(dialect) husband's mother
后娘
hòuniáng
stepmother (coll.)
度娘
Dùniáng
alternative name for Baidu [[百度<Bǎidù>]]
老娘
lǎoniáng
my old mother
红娘
hóngniáng
matchmaker
奶娘
nǎiniáng
(dialect) wet nurse
姑娘
gūniang
girl
HSK 5
姥娘
lǎoniáng
maternal grandmother (dialectal)
姨娘
yíniáng
maternal aunt
伴娘
bànniáng
bridesmaid
娘娘
niángniang
queen
舞娘
wǔniáng
female dancer
喜娘
xǐniáng
matron of honor (old)
娘子
niángzǐ
(dialect) form of address for one's wife
娘家
niángjia
married woman's parents' home

Alternate Entries

娘
niáng
variant of [[娘<niáng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
880
Word Frequency Rank
1,702 of 84,292

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