媼 ǎo

1. ǎo noun old woman
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 老婦 (ABC 'ǎo' 媼; Guoyu '媼' n 1; Kroll 2015 '媼' 1, p. 5; Mathews 1931 '媼', p. 7; NCCED '媼', p. 20; Unihan '媼')
2. ǎo noun a lower-class woman
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '媼')
3. ǎo noun mother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 母亲 (Guoyu '媼' n 2)
4. ǎo noun a married woman; a woman
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '媼' n 3; Kroll 2015 '媼' 2, p. 5)
5. ǎo proper noun Earth Goddess
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 地神 (Guoyu '媼' n 4; Kroll 2015 '媼' 3, p. 5)

Contained in

• 媼神 Earth Goddess
• 媼婆 a woman who examines corpses
• 媼娘 old maid

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷九十七上 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 14
• 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 11
• 卷三九　補列傳第三一 崔季舒 祖珽 Volume 39 Biographies 31: Cui Jishu; Zu Ting Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 10
• 卷四十七　列傳第三十五:　袁翻 陽尼 賈思伯 祖瑩 Volume 47 Biographies 35: Yuan Fan, Yang Ni, Jiao Sibo, Zu Ying History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 10
• 卷三百二十五 列傳第八十四 劉平 任福 王珪 武英 桑懌 耿傅 王仲寶 Volume 325 Biographies 84: Liu Ping, Ren Fu, Wang Gui, Wu Ying, Sang Yi, Geng Fu, Wang Zhongbao History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 卷十四　　列傳第二:　后妃下 Volume 14 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 6
• 卷三十五 唐書11: 明宗本紀一 Volume 35 Book of Later Tang 11: Mingzong Annals 1 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 6
• 卷四百六十 列傳第二百十九 列女 朱娥 張氏 彭列女 郝節娥 朱氏 崔氏 趙氏 丁氏 項氏 王氏二婦 徐氏 榮氏 何氏 董氏 譚氏 劉氏 張氏 師氏 陳堂前 節婦廖氏 劉當可母 曾氏婦 王袤妻 涂端友妻 詹氏女 劉生妻 謝泌妻 謝枋得妻 王貞婦 趙淮妾 譚氏婦 吳中孚妻 呂仲洙女 林老女 童氏女 韓氏女 王氏婦 劉仝子妻毛惜惜 Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women - Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu ZhongZhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 5

Collocations

• 陆媼 (陸媼) 陸媼及和士開密謀殺趙郡王叡 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷九　　補列傳第一　 後宮 Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts — count: 32
• 乳媼 (乳媼) 乳媼攜抱匿於廬山 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷三十一 列傳第二十五 袁昂 子君正 Volume 31: Yuan Ang; Yuan Junzheng — count: 12
• 尼媼 (尼媼) 主相並用尼媼之言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One — count: 9
• 王媼 (王媼) 常從王媼 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 8
• 巫媼 (巫媼) 巫媼比肩 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷三十四 列傳第十五 虞玩之 劉休 沈沖 庾杲之 王諶 Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen — count: 6
• 媼言 (媼言) 用巫媼言改姓石氏 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷九　　補列傳第一　 後宮 Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts — count: 5
• 媼欲 (媼欲) 乳媼欲令藺先飯 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四十七 列傳第四十一 孝行 Volume 47: Filial Acts — count: 4
• 媼通 (媼通) 秦時與故魏王宗家女魏媼通 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 4
• 卫媼 (衛媼) 與侯妾衛媼通 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei — count: 4
• 媼见 (媼見) 王媼見其上常有龍 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 4