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爹娘
diē niáng
Pinyin
Definition
爹娘
-
diē niáng
(dialect) parents
Character Decomposition
爹
父
多
娘
女
艮
丶
Related Words
(20)
姑娘
gū niang
1
girl
2
young woman
3
young lady
4
daughter
5
paternal aunt (old)
6
CL:個|个[gè]
爹
diē
1
dad
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
1
wife's mother
2
mother-in-law
3
same as 丈母
伴娘
bàn niáng
1
bridesmaid
2
maid of honor
3
matron of honor
娘
niáng
1
mother
2
young lady
3
(coll.) effeminate
娘娘
niáng niang
1
queen
2
empress
3
imperial concubine
4
Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
5
mother
6
aunt
娘子
niáng zǐ
1
(dialect) form of address for one's wife
2
polite form of address for a woman
娘家
niáng jia
1
married woman's parents' home
度娘
Dù niáng
1
alternative name for Baidu 百度[Bǎi dù]
新娘
xīn niáng
1
bride
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
1
Cinderella
2
a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
爹地
diē dì
1
daddy (loanword)
爹娘
diē niáng
1
(dialect) parents
老娘
lǎo niáng
1
my old mother
2
I, this old woman
3
my old lady (colloquial)
4
maternal grandmother
5
midwife
老爹
lǎo diē
1
(dialect) father
2
old man
3
sir
老板娘
lǎo bǎn niáng
1
female proprietor
2
lady boss
3
boss's wife
干娘
gān niáng
1
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干爹
gān diē
1
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
他娘的
tā niáng de
1
same as 他媽的|他妈的[tā mā de]
公爹
gōng diē
1
husband's father
Idioms
(2)
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
1
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
2
fig. the natural order of things
3
something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
1
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
2
fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
3
to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
Sample Sentences