娘 niáng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
娘
niáng
mother; woman (colloquial or literary)
Character
Example phrases
- 影片中的娘并非柔弱形象，而是支撑整个家族的核心人物。 Yǐngpiàn zhōng de niáng bìngfēi róuruò xíngxiàng, ér shì zhīchēng zhěng gè jiāzú de héxīn rénwù. The mother in the film is not a weak figure, but the central person supporting the whole family.
- 娘，天冷了，您多穿点衣服。 Niáng, tiān lěng le, nín duō chuān diǎn yīfu. Mum, it has turned cold, so please wear more clothes.
- 小时候，娘总在灯下给我缝衣服。 Xiǎoshíhou, niáng zǒng zài dēng xià gěi wǒ féng yīfu. When I was little, Mum would always sew clothes for me under the lamp.
Related words
- 姑娘 gūniang girl; young woman
- 新娘 xīnniáng bride
- 两口子 liǎngkǒuzi husband and wife; married couple
- 老伴儿 lǎobànr elderly spouse; one's old companion
- 配偶 pèi'ǒu spouse
- 女婿 nǚxu son-in-law
- 嫂子 sǎozi elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
- 亲生 qīnshēng biological; one's own by birth
- 继父 jìfù stepfather
- 继母 jìmǔ stepmother
- 孪生 luánshēng twin; born of the same pregnancy
- 领养 lǐngyǎng to adopt