娘
niáng
Pinyin

Definition

娘
 - 
niáng
  1. mother
  2. young lady
  3. (coll.) effeminate
娘 (孃)
 - 
niáng
  1. variant of 娘[niáng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
娘
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as: 丈母
伴娘
bàn niáng
  1. 1 bridesmaid
  2. 2 maid of honor
  3. 3 matron of honor
大娘
dà niáng
  1. 1 (coll.) father's older brother's wife
  2. 2 aunt (polite address)

Idioms (2)

天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie

Sample Sentences

孩子的每一点错误都造成对娘亲心灵的一万点暴击。
háizi de měi yìdiǎn cuòwù dōu zàochéng duì niáng qīn xīnlíng de yī wàn diǎn bào jī 。
Every little mistake the child makes causes ten thousand pains in her dear mother.
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行李里面有笔记型电脑、手机、平板等诸如此类的电子用品吗？有的话请拿出来，分别放在篮子里过X光机姑娘，里头有电子用品吗？口袋里的也拿出来。
xíngli lǐmiàn yǒu bǐjìxíngdiànnǎo 、shǒujī 、píngbǎn děng zhūrúcǐlèi de diànzǐ yòngpǐn ma ？yǒu dehuà qǐng ná chūlái ，fēnbié fàng zài lánzi lǐ guò X guāngjī gūniang ，lǐtou yǒu diànzǐyòngpǐn ma ？kǒudài lǐ de yě ná chūlái 。
Have you got any electronic goods such as laptops, mobile phones, or tablets? If you have, please take them out, and put them in separate baskets to go through the X ray machine.
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小姑娘，你是不是带了超过一百毫升的液体？
xiǎo gūniang ，nǐ shìbùshì dài le chāoguò yī bǎi háoshēng de yètǐ ？
Ms, did you bring over 100 milliliters of liquid?
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姑娘，你讲这话也没用，要自愿放弃还是回去柜台托运？麻烦你做个决定吧。
gūniang ，nǐ jiǎng zhè huà yě méiyòng ，yào zìyuàn fàngqì háishi huíqu guìtái tuōyùn ？máfan nǐ zuò ge juédìng ba 。
Ms, all this talk is of no use. I need to urge you to make a decision on whether you want to throw it away voluntarily or go back to the check-in desk.
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老婆大人，昨天是小的错啦，小的不该惹娘娘生气，这就去跪键盘去。
lǎopódàren ，zuótiān shì xiǎode cuò la ，xiǎode bù gāi rě niángniang shēngqì ，zhè jiù qù guì jiànpán qù 。
My gracious wife, yesterday it was me in the wrong, the cad that I am. I shouldn't have provoked Madame to anger, so I'm in the dog-house I get it.
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结着愁怨的姑娘。
jié zhe chóuyuàn de gūniang 。
a lady that is full of worries and sorrow.
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当时老娘很生气，后果很严重，我就在咱们的鸳鸯火锅里放了“足量”的泻药，然后，男票，哦不，前男票就被送进医院急诊了。
dāngshí lǎoniáng hěn shēngqì ，hòuguǒ hěn yánzhòng ，wǒ jiù zài zánmen de yuānyang huǒguō lǐ fàng le “zú liáng ”de xièyào ，ránhòu ，nánpiào ，ò bù ，qián nánpiào jiù bèi sòng jìn yīyuàn jízhěn le 。
At the time I was very angry, and the fallout was really serious. I put quite a quantity of laxative in our couples' hotpot, then, my bae, oh no, my ex-bae, was sent to the emergency room.
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紫禁城主题？有这种系列的？想不到他是好娘娘这口的……那你看到他说了多少钱一晚吗？
Zǐjìnchéng zhǔtí ？yǒu zhèzhǒng xìliè de ？xiǎngbùdào tā shì hǎo niángniang zhè kǒu de ……nà nǐ kàndào tā shuō le duōshǎo qián yī wǎn ma ？
Forbidden palace themed eh? This theme is a thing? Who knew he would be into the whole concubine thing. Then did you see him mention how much it was?
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这就难说了，不是有句话说，徐娘半老、风韵犹存吗？现在流行女大男小，你可真要小心喔！
zhè jiù nánshuō le ，bùshì yǒu jù huà shuō ，Xúniáng bànlǎo 、fēngyùn yóucún ma ？xiànzài liúxíng nǚ dà nán xiǎo ，nǐ kě zhēn yào xiǎoxīn ō ！
That's hard to say. It's there an expression? "Even though this lady has got to a certain, she still remain attractive". Ladies having younger boyfriends is all the rage these days. You better keep your eye out.
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可恶！老娘发誓，一定要把这个老狐狸精揪出来！
kěwù ！lǎoniáng fāshì ，yīdìng yào bǎ zhè ge lǎo húlíjīng jiū chūlái ！
Damn it! I swear that I will uncover that old witch!
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