干娘 (乾娘)
gān niáng
Pinyin

Definition

干娘 (乾娘)
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gān niáng
  1. adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
lǎo niáng
  1. 1 my old mother
  2. 2 I, this old woman
  3. 3 my old lady (colloquial)
  4. 4 maternal grandmother
  5. 5 midwife
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as: 丈母
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe

Idioms (5)

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
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
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
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)