太太

Contents
Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
Derived terms
References

Chinese

Pronunciation too too

(much); (much);
very; very;
Mandarin extremely; extremely;
highest; highest;
greatest greatest
(Standard)

(Pinyin):
(Zhuyin):
tàitai
ㄊㄞˋ
˙ㄊㄞ ( 太太)
simp. and trad.
太 太
(Dungan, Cyrillic): тэтэ (tete, III-I)

Cantonese (Jyutping): taai3 taai3-2

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-thai
Min Dong (BUC): tái-tái
Min Nan (POJ): thài-thài
Wu (Wiktionary): tha tha (T1)
Mandarin

(Standard Chinese)+

Pinyin: tàitai
Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ
˙ㄊㄞ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay.tai
Tongyong Pinyin: tàitåi
Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯¹/
(Dungan)

Cyrillic: тэтэ (tete, III-I)

Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɛ⁴⁴ tʰɛ²⁴/

(Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental

and may be inaccurate.)

Cantonese

(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+

taai3 taai3-2
Jyutping:
Yale: taai táai
Cantonese Pinyin: taai3 taai3-2
Guangdong Romanization: tai3 tai2
Sinological IPA (key): /tʰäːi ̯³³ tʰäːi ̯³³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
(Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)

Pha̍ k-fa-sṳ: thai-thai

Hakka Romanization System: tai tai
Hagfa Pinyim: tai4 tai4
Sinological IPA: /tʰai ̯⁵⁵ tʰai ̯⁵⁵/
Min Dong
(Fuzhou)

Bàng-uâ-cê: tái-tái
Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵³ (tʰ-)lɑi²¹³/
 Min Nan
(Hokkien)

Pe̍h-ōe-jī:thài-thài
Tâi-lô: thài-thài
Phofsit Daibuun: tae'taix
IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ²¹/
IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaɪ⁴¹/
IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ²¹/
IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ¹¹/
IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaɪ²¹/
Wu
(Shanghainese)

Wiktionary: tha tha (T1)

Sinological IPA (key): /tʰa̱ ⁵⁵ tʰa̱ ²¹/

Noun

太太
1. (formal) wife
2. madam
3. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) great-grandmother
4. (Hakka) great-great-grandparent

妻⼦
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“wife”) [map]
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Variety Location Words

Classical Chinese 妻, 妻兒, 內⼈, 夫⼈, 娘⼦

Formal (Written Standard
Chinese)
妻⼦, 夫⼈, 太太, 妻室, 妻房, 拙荊 humble

Mandarin Beijing ⼥⼈, 媳婦兒

Taiwan 太太, ⽼婆, 牽⼿
Tianjin 屋裡的, 家裡的, 娘們兒
Harbin ⽼婆, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 屋裡⼈兒, ⽼娘們兒
Shenyang ⽼婆, 家裡的
Hailar 媳婦兒, ⽼娘們兒
Ulanhot 媳婦兒, ⽼娘們兒
Tongliao 媳婦兒, ⽼娘們兒
Chifeng ⽼娘們兒
Bayanhot ⽼婆, 屋裡的
Jinan ⽼婆, 媳婦, ⼥的, 家裡, 家裡的
Muping ⽼婆, 媳婦, 家裡兒的
Luoyang ⼥⼈, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 家裡
Wanrong ⽼婆, 媳婦
Xi'an ⼥⼈, 媳婦兒, ⽼婆, 婆娘, 屋裡⼈, 屋裡家
Qingdao ⽼婆⼦
Zhengzhou 媳婦
Xining 媳婦, 婆娘, 家裡的
Xuzhou ⼥的, 家下, 家來的, 家裡⼈, 媳婦兒
Yinchuan 婆姨, 媳婦, ⼥⼈
Lanzhou ⼥⼈, 媳婦, 屋裡的, 家裡的
Ürümqi ⼥⼈, 媳婦兒, 央格⼦
Wuhan ⼥的, ⼥將, 屋裡 , 屋裡的 , 屋裡⼈ , 家務 , 堂客
dated dated
dated
dated dated

Huanggang 屋裡⼈, 屋裡, 堂客

Chengdu ⼥的, ⼥⼈, ⽼娘兒, 婆娘
Guiyang ⼥的, ⼥⼈, 婆娘, 屋頭⼈
Guilin ⽼婆
Liuzhou ⽼婆, 婆娘 dated

Kunming 婆娘, ⽼婆, 媳婦, ⼥⼈, 家⾸

Yangzhou ⽼婆, 媽媽, 堂客, ⼥眷
Nanjing
 ⼥的, ⼥⼈, ⽼婆, 媽媽
Hefei ⽼婆, 奶奶們
Nantong 堂客, ⼥將, 奶奶, ⽼婆
Malaysia ⽼婆
Singapore ⽼婆, 太太
Guangzhou ⽼婆, ⼥⼈
Hong Kong ⽼婆, ⼥⼈
Hong Kong
(San Tin Weitou)
⽼婆
Foshan ⽼婆
Shunde ⽼婆
Zhongshan
(Shiqi)
⽼婆
Doumen
(Shangheng
Tanka)
⽼婆
Taishan ⽼婆
Kaiping
(Chikan)
⽼婆
Cantonese
Dongguan ⽼婆
Shaoguan ⽼婆
Yunfu ⽼婆
Yangjiang ⽼婆, 家下
Xinyi ⽼婆
Lianjiang ⽼婆
Nanning ⽼婆
Wuzhou ⽼婆, 燒⽕婆
Yulin ⽼婆, 婦娘
Hepu ⽼婆
Danzhou ⽼婆
Kuala Lumpur ⽼婆
Singapore ⽼婆
Nanchang ⽼婆, ⼥客
Gan Lichuan ⽼婆, ⼥客
Pingxiang 婆娘, ⽼婆
Hakka Meixian ⽼婆
Xingning ⽼婆
 Huidong
(Daling)
⽼婆
Qujiang ⽼婆
Lianshan
(Xiaosanjiang)
婆娜
Luchuan ⽼婆
Changting ⽼婆
Pingyu ⽼婆, 餔娘
Wuping ⽼婆
Liancheng 婦娘
Ninghua ⽼婆
Yudu ⽼婆, 婦娘
Ruijin ⽼婆, 婦娘
Shicheng ⽼婆
Shangyou ⽼婆
Miaoli (N.
Sixian)
餔娘, ⽼姐
Liudui (S.
Sixian)
姐仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 餔娘, ⽼姐
Dongshi
(Dabu)
餔娘, ⽼姐
Hsinchu
(Raoping)
餔娘, ⽼姐
Yunlin
(Zhao'an)
夫娘
Hong Kong ⽼婆
Sabah ⽼婆
Senai ⽼婆
Singkawang ⽼婆, 番婆
Huizhou Jixi ⽼嫗
Shexian ⽼婆, 堂客
Tunxi ⽼婆
Xiuning ⽼婆
Yixian ⽼婆
Qimen 婦兒家
Wuyuan ⽼婆
Fuliang ⽼婆, 婦⼈個
Dexing ⽼婆
 Jingde 屋裡
Xianyu
(formerly
Zhanda)
⽼婆
Taiyuan ⽼婆, 家裡的, ⼥⼈, 婆姨
Pingyao ⽼婆, 媳婦, 婆姨
Xinzhou ⼥⼈, ⽼婆, 婆姨
Baochang ⽼婆
Jining ⽼婆, 媳婦
Jin
Hohhot ⼥⼈
Baotou ⽼婆, 媳婦
Dongsheng ⽼婆
Linhe ⽼婆, ⼥⼈
Haibowan ⽼婆
Jian'ou ⽼媽
Dikou ⽼媽
Songxi ⽼媽
Zhenghe ⽼媽
Min Bei
Zhenqian ⽼媽
Jianyang ⽼媽
Wuyishan ⽼媽
Shibei ⽼媽
Fuzhou ⽼媽, 諸娘儂, 厝裡, 𡚸
Changle ⽼媽, 厝裡
Fuqing ⽼媽, 𡚸, 厝裡
Pingtan ⽼媽
Yongtai ⽼媽
Gutian ⽼媽
Min Dong
Fu'an ⽼媽
Ningde ⽼媽
Shouning ⽼媽
Zhouning ⽼媽
Fuding ⽼媽
Matsu ⽼媽
Min Nan Xiamen 某, 牽⼿, 牽⼿的, 查某⼈, 厝內, 厝內⼈, 家內, 家內⼈, 家後,
內⼈, 內助, 婦⼈⼈, 柴耙, ⽼柴杮, ⽼柴㷮
 某, 牽⼿, 牽⼿的, 查某⼈, 厝內, 家內, 家內⼈, 家後, 內⼈, 內
Quanzhou
助, 婦⼈⼈
某, 牽⼿, 牽⼿的, 查某⼈, 厝內, 厝內⼈, 家內, 家內⼈, 家後,
Zhangzhou
內⼈, 內助, 婦⼈⼈, 內頭, 㾀菜籃
Taipei 太太, 某, 牽⼿
Kaohsiung 太太, 某, 查某⼈, 柴耙, 牽⼿, 牽的, 煮飯的
Tainan 太太, 某, 查某⼈, 柴耙, 牽⼿, 牽的, 煮飯的
Taichung 某, 家後, 牽⼿
Wuqi 某
Hsinchu 某, 家後, 查某⼈, 煮飯的, 柴耙
Taitung 某
Lukang 某, 查某⼈, 柴耙, 牽⼿, 煮飯的
Sanxia 太太, 阮厝的查某⼈, 阿貼的, 後柴耙, 某
Yilan 太太, 某, 查某⼈, 家後, 柴耙, 牽⼿, 牽的, 煮飯的
Kinmen 某, 家內, 太的
Magong 某, 牽⼿, 查某⼈, 姿娘, 夫⼈, 家內, 柴耙
Penang
(Hokkien)
某, 查某⼈, 家後
Singapore
(Hokkien)
某, 厝內, 厝內⼈
Philippines
(Manila Hokkien)
某, 牽⼿, 牽⼿的
Chaozhou 𡚸
Shantou 𡚸
Haifeng 𡚸, 㜁𡚸
Johor Bahru
(Teochew)
𡚸
Singapore
(Teochew)
𡚸
Wenchang ⽼婆
Haikou ⽼婆, 妰娝 dated

Leizhou ⽼婆, 婆
Puxian
Putian ⽼媽
Min
Xianyou ⽼媽
Pinghua
Nanning
(Tingzi)
⽼婆, ⼥⼈
Guilin (Dahe) ⽼婆
Wu Shanghai ⽼婆, 太太, 妻⼦, 夫⼈, 內⼈, ⼥⼈, 家主婆, 屋裡個, 屋裡
 Suzhou ⼥⼈, 家⼩, 家主婆, 家婆, 屋裡, ⽼婆
Wuxi ⽼婆, ⼥⼈, 家主婆, 屋裡⼈
Hangzhou ⽼婆, ⽼娘, ⼥⼈, ⼥的, 屋裡, 屋裡廂
Wenzhou ⽼安, ⽼安⼈, ⽼⼈兒, ⽼⼈客, ⽼⼈, 屋裡
Chongming ⼥個, 屋裡, ⼥客, ⼥⼈
Danyang ⼥個, ⽼媽, 家裡
Jinhua ⽼婆, 窩裡
Tangxi ⽼媽
Ningbo ⽼婆, ⽼𡢿, ⼥⼈, 屋裡⼈ dated

Changsha 堂客, 內當家, 婆婆⼦

Shuangfeng 堂客, ⽼婆
Xiang Xiangtan 堂客
Loudi 堂客, 婆娘, ⽼婆, 屋裡個, 他㑲娘
Quanzhou ⽼婆
(madam): 夫⼈ (fūrén)
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖⺟(“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's
mother)”) [map]
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Variety Location Words

Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 曾祖⺟

⽼祖兒, ⼥⽼祖兒, ⽼祖奶奶, ⽼太太 , 太太 曾
祖⺟
Hui ,
suburbs
Beijing
non-face-to-face

Taiwan 曾祖⺟
Tianjin ⽼太太
Harbin 太奶
Jinan ⽼奶奶
Muping ⽼太, ⽼太婆
Wanrong ⽼娘
Xi'an 太
Xining 太太
Mandarin Xuzhou ⽼太太
Yinchuan 太奶奶
Lanzhou 太太
Ürümqi 太太
Wuhan ⽼太, ⽼奶奶
Chengdu 祖祖
Guiyang ⽼祖祖, ⽼祖, 祖祖
Liuzhou 太婆
Kunming 太太
Nanjing 太奶奶
Nantong 太太, 太婆, ⼥太太
Guangzhou 太嫲, 太婆
Hong Kong 太嫲, 太婆
Cantonese
Hong Kong (San Tin
Weitou)
太婆
Yangjiang 太婆
Kuala Lumpur 太婆
Nanchang 太婆
Gan Lichuan 太婆
Pingxiang ⽼婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿太, 婆太
Xingning 婆⽩
Huidong (Daling) 阿婆太
 Qujiang 婆太
Lianshan
(Xiaosanjiang)
婆太
Changting 太婆, 婆太
Pingyu 婆太
Wuping 太太
Liancheng 婆太
Ninghua 婆太
Yudu 太婆
Ruijin 婦娘太
Shicheng 婆太
Shangyou 太婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 婆太, 阿太
Liudui (S. Sixian) 婆太, 阿太
Hsinchu (Hailu) 婆太
Dongshi (Dabu) 阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太
Hsinchu (Raoping) 婆太, 阿太
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿太, 婆太
Hong Kong 婆太
Sabah 阿婆太
Senai 婆太
Singkawang 婆太
Jixi 太婦
Huizhou Shexian 太奶
Tunxi 太婆, ⽼太太
Taiyuan ⽼奶
Jin
Xinzhou ⽼娘娘啊 , ⽼娘娘 face-to-face non-face-to-face

Jian'ou 太婆
Dikou ⼤媽
Songxi ⼤媽
Min Bei
Zhenqian ⼤婆
Jianyang ⼤媽
Shibei ⼤婆
Min Dong Fuzhou ⼤媽
Min Nan Xiamen 阿祖 , 俺祖 , 太媽
face-to-face , 祖媽
face-to-face non-face-to-face
 Quanzhou 太媽, 阿太, 祖媽
Zhangzhou 阿祖 , ⽼祖仔
face-to-face , 祖媽non-face-to-face

Taipei 查某祖
Kaohsiung 阿祖
Tainan 阿祖
Taichung 祖太
Wuqi 查某祖
Hsinchu 查某祖
Taitung 查某祖
Lukang 阿祖媽
Yilan 查某祖
Magong 查某祖
Penang (Hokkien) ⽼婆, 祖媽
Philippines (Manila
Hokkien)
太媽, 阿太
Chaozhou ⽼媽
Shantou ⽼媽
Haifeng ⽼, ⽼⽼, ⽼媽
Johor Bahru
(Teochew)
⽼媽
Wenchang ⽼祖, 阿祖
Haikou 祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽
Leizhou 尼祖, 祖 face-to-face

Puxian
Putian ⼤媽
Min
Xianyou ⼤媽
Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 太奶, 祖婆
Shanghai 太婆, 太太, ⼥太太, 曾祖⺟ non-face-to-face

Suzhou 太太
Hangzhou 阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆
Wenzhou ⼥⽼太, ⼥太, 阿太, ⽼太 non-face-to-face
Wu
Chongming 太婆, 太太 face-to-face

Danyang 太嫚嫚, 太婆
Jinhua 太太, 太婆
Ningbo 太婆, 阿太
Xiang Changsha 曾祖⺟
Xiangtan ⽼毑
 Loudi 太婆
Derived terms

姨太太 (yítàitai) ⽼太太 (lǎotàitai)

References

臺灣閩南語常
“Entry #859 (http://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/result_detail.jsp?n_no=859&curpage=0&sa

⽤詞辭典
mple=0&radiobutton=0&querytarget=0&limit=0&pagenum=0&rowcount=0)”, in
[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry
of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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