太太
Chinese
too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest | ||
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Pronunciation
Noun
太太
- An honorific for adults, usually conferred on married women following the surname of their husband: Mrs
- 爾理太太，道號法土默。穆斯特發之女，哈三、侯腮尼之母也。其心仁慈，其性敏惠，敏而好道，師事其父。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《天⽅正學》 by 藍煦, 1852
- Ěrlǐ tàitài, dàohào Fǎtǔmò. Mùsītèfā zhī nǚ, Hāsān, Hóusāiní zhī mǔ yě. Qí xīn réncí, qí xìng mǐnhuì, mǐn ér hào dào, shīshì qí fù. [Pinyin]
- Ali's lady wife had the religious name Fāṭima. She was the daughter of Muṣṭafā, the mother of Ḥasan and Ḥusayn. Her heart was compassionate, her nature wise; she was clever and loved the faith, and looked upon her father as a teacher.
尔理太太，道号法土默。穆斯特发之女，哈三、侯腮尼之母也。其心仁慈，其性敏惠，敏而好道，师事其父。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (formal) wife
- (dated) madame; lady
- (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) great-grandmother
- (Hakka) great-great-grandparent
- (Internet, fandom slang) fandom content contributor
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 妻子 (“wife”) [map]
- (madam): 夫人 (fūrén)
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”) [map]
References
- “Entry #859”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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