丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
Pinyin

Definition

丈母娘
 - 
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. wife's mother
  2. mother-in-law
  3. same as 丈母

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
娘
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
老娘
lǎo niáng
  1. 1 my old mother
  2. 2 I, this old woman
  3. 3 my old lady (colloquial)
  4. 4 maternal grandmother
  5. 5 midwife
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
伴娘
bàn niáng
  1. 1 bridesmaid
  2. 2 maid of honor
  3. 3 matron of honor
大娘
dà niáng
  1. 1 (coll.) father's older brother's wife
  2. 2 aunt (polite address)
姨丈
yí zhàng
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
娘娘
niáng niang
  1. 1 queen
  2. 2 empress
  3. 3 imperial concubine
  4. 4 Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
  5. 5 mother
  6. 6 aunt
娘娘腔
niáng niang qiāng
  1. 1 sissy
  2. 2 effeminate
娘子
niáng zǐ
  1. 1 (dialect) form of address for one's wife
  2. 2 polite form of address for a woman
娘家
niáng jia
  1. 1 married woman's parents' home
婆娘
pó niáng
  1. 1 woman (derog.)
字母
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
度娘
Dù niáng
  1. 1 alternative name for Baidu 百度[Bǎi dù]
新娘
xīn niáng
  1. 1 bride

Idioms (11)

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
道高一尺，魔高一丈
dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng
  1. 1 virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
魔高一丈，道高一尺
mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ
  1. 1 the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.

Sample Sentences

好女婿，你丈母娘老夸你呢！
hǎo nǚxu ，nǐ zhàngmuniáng lǎo kuā nǐ ne ！
You're a good son-in-law. Your mother-in-law is always speaking highly of you!
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别提了，我儿子只知道去丈母娘家！
bié tí le ，wǒ érzi zhǐ zhīdào qù zhàngmuniáng jiā ！
Don't bring it up. My son only ever thinks about going to his mother-in-law's!
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去我丈母娘屋里搓麻将。
tɕ’i ŋu zã mu niã oʔ li ts’o mo tɕiã 。
I'm going to my mother-in-law's to play mahjong.
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是的呀，今朝丈母娘生日，阿拉老婆已经豁翎子给我了。
zi tiIʔ ia ，tɕin tsɔ zã mu niã sã niIʔ ，aʔ laʔ lɔ bu ɦi tɕin huaʔ lin tsi po ŋu leʔ 。
Yeah, today is my mother-in-law's birthday, my wife already warned me.
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