娘 niáng

1. niáng noun mother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '娘'; Guoyu '娘' n 2; Kroll 2015 '娘' 1a, p. 324; Unihan '娘')
2. niáng noun young girl
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '娘'; Guoyu '娘' n 1; Unihan '娘')
3. niáng noun woman
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '娘' n 4; Kroll 2015 '娘' 1, p. 324; Unihan '娘')
4. niáng noun wife
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '娘' n 3; Unihan '娘')
5. niáng noun nanny
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '娘' n 5)

Contained in

• 娘胎 womb
• 丈母娘 mother-in-law; wife's mother
• 半老徐娘 middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
• 新娘 bride ; concubine
• 娘惹 Nyonya
• 新娘子 bride
• 舞娘(舞孃) female dancer
• 娘妈(娘媽) woman
• 娘娘腔 sissy; effeminate
• 姥娘 maternal grandmother
• 娘的 damn ; belonging to mother
• 红色娘子军(紅色孃子軍) Red Detachment of Women
• 骂娘(罵娘) to curse (at sb); to call names
• 回娘家 (of a wife) to return to her parental home; to return to one's old place, job, school etc
• 娘娘庙(娘娘廟) temple of Goddess of Fertility
• 度娘 alternative name for Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4]
• 正宫娘娘(正宮娘娘) empress
• 王母娘娘(王母孃孃) Xi Wangmu; Queen of the West
• 狗娘养的(狗娘養的) son of a bitch
• 纺织娘(紡織孃) katydid; long-horned grasshopper
• 娘希匹 damn!
• 红娘(紅娘) matchmaker
• 天孙娘娘(天孫娘娘) Goddess of Fertility
• 老娘 my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady; maternal grandmother; midwife
• 阿娘 mother ; aunt
• 晚娘 stepmother
• 娘家姓 maiden name (of married woman)
• 家娘 husband's mother
• 娘子 wife ; woman ; palace favorite; imperial concubine ; a female servant
• 娘娘 mother ; queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess
• 峇峇娘惹 Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)
• 娘儿们(娘兒們) woman; wife
• 桃金娘 rose myrtle (Myrtus communis)
• 伴娘 bridesmaid; maid of honor; matron of honor
• 娘炮 effeminate; sissy; effeminate
• 姑娘 girl; young woman; young lady ; a consort ; a prostitute ; paternal aunt
• 杜秋娘歌 Song of Lady Du Qiu
• 老板娘 proprietess ; female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife
• 奶娘 wet nurse
• 姨娘 aunt; maternal aunt ; a married woman
• 婆娘 woman (derog.)
• 媼娘 old maid
• 后娘(後娘) stepmother
• 新嫁娘 bride
• 爹娘 parents
• 老大娘(老大孃) aunty; granny
• 徐娘半老 middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
• 他娘的 damn
• 黄花姑娘(黃花姑娘) maiden; virgin girl

Also contained in

杜秋娘 、 白娘子

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 42
• 第五十三回 Chapter 53 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 27
• 第一百四回 Chapter 104 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 23
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 18
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 卷六十三　列傳第一:　后妃上 始祖明懿皇后 德帝思皇后 安帝節皇后 獻祖恭靖皇后 昭祖威順皇后 景祖昭肅皇后 世祖翼簡皇后 肅宗靖宣皇后 穆宗貞惠皇后 康宗敬僖皇后太祖聖穆皇后 太祖光懿皇后 太祖欽憲皇后 太祖宣獻皇后 太祖崇妃蕭氏 太宗欽仁皇后 熙宗悼平皇后 海陵嫡母徒單氏 海陵母大氏 海陵後徒單氏附:海陵諸嬖 Volume 63 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 - Founding Empress Mingyi, Consort of Emperor De Empress Si, Consort of Emperor An Empress Jie, Consort of Xianzu Empress Gongjing, Consort of Zhaozu Empress Weishun, Consort of Jing Taizi Empress Zhaosu, Consort of Shizu Empress Yijian, Consort of Suzong Empress Jingxuan, Consort of Muzong Empress Zhenhui, Consort of Kang Zong Empress Jingxi, Consort of Taizu Empress Shengmu, Consort of Taizu Empress Guangyi, Consort of Taizu Empress Qinxian, Consort of Taizu Empress Xuanxian, Consort of Taizu Chongfei Xiaoshi, Consort of Taizong Empress Qinren, Consort of Xizong Empress Daoping, Consort of Hailing Dimutu Danshi, Consort of Hailing Mudashi, Consorts of Hailing Houtu Danshifu and Zhubi History of Jin 金史 — count: 13
• 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13
• 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12

Collocations

• 福娘 (福娘) 封所幸太后侍婢高福娘爲鄖國夫人 — History of Jin 金史, 卷五 　本紀第五:　海陵 Volume 5 Annals 5: Hailing — count: 11
• 三娘 (三娘) 所謂劉三娘者也 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷三十九　列傳第二十九 殷孝祖 劉勉 Volume 39 Biographies 29: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian — count: 6
• 斋娘 (齋娘) 仍補大臣李嶠等女為齋娘 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 — count: 6
• 媚娘 (媚娘) 武媚娘 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷五十一 列傳第一: 后妃上 Volume 51 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 — count: 6
• 娘等 (娘等) 媚娘等三人詣世衡請降 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三百三十五 列傳第九十四 种世衡子:古 諤 誼 孫:樸 師道 師中 Volume 335 Biographies 94: Zhong Shiheng and sons: Gu, E, Yi, grandsons: Pu, Shi Dao, Shi Zhong — count: 5
• 凤娘 (鳳娘) 遂字后曰鳳娘 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 — count: 4
• 娘贼 (娘賊) 直娘賊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
• 仲娘 (仲娘) 仲娘 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百九十三 列傳第一百四十三: 列女 Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women — count: 4
• 娘改 (娘改) 西北娘改部族進挽車人 — History of Liao 遼史, 卷一 　本紀第一:　太祖上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Taizu 1 — count: 4
• 直娘 (直娘) 直娘賊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4