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娘
孃
niáng
1. variant of [[娘<niáng>]]
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

干娘
gānniáng
godmother (see also [[干妈]])
伴娘
bànniáng
bridesmaid
喜娘
xǐniáng
matron of honor (old)
大娘
dàniáng
(coll.) father's older brother's wife
奶娘
nǎiniáng
(dialect) wet nurse
姑娘
gūniang
girl
HSK 5
姥娘
lǎoniáng
maternal grandmother (dialectal)
姨娘
yíniáng
maternal aunt
娘娘
niángniang
queen
娘子
niángzǐ
(dialect) form of address for one's wife
娘家
niángjia
married woman's parents' home
娘惹
Niángrě
Nyonya
娘泡
niángpào
variant of [[娘炮<niángpào>]]
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.)
家娘
jiāniáng
(dialect) husband's mother
度娘
Dùniáng
alternative name for Baidu [[百度<Bǎidù>]]
后娘
hòuniáng
stepmother (coll.)

Alternate Entries

娘
niáng
mother / young lady

Metadata

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