老娘
lǎo niáng
Pinyin

Definition

老娘
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lǎo niáng
  1. my old mother
  2. I, this old woman
  3. my old lady (colloquial)
  4. maternal grandmother
  5. midwife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
lǎo
  1. 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

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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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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等老娘有钱，要把整栋楼都买下来。
děng lǎoniáng yǒuqián ，yào bǎ zhěng dòng lóu dōu mǎi xiàlái 。
When I've got money, I'm going to buy everything in the building.
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老娘要喝啤酒，给老娘来十瓶。
lǎoniáng yào hē píjiǔ ，gěi lǎoniáng lái shí píng 。
I want to drink some beer. Give me 10 bottles.
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老娘不干了。
lǎoniáng bù gàn le 。
I won't do it.
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老娘
lǎoniáng
I (for women only)
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中国人讲究面子，有时候就需要有这么个老娘舅，才能解决问题。
Zhōngguórén jiǎngjiu miànzi ，yǒushíhou jiù xūyào yǒu zhème gè lǎoniángjiù ，cái néng jiějué wèntí 。
Chinese people are concerned with face. Sometimes they need an older person to be able to resolve the problem.
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哼，老娘我生下来就是海盗，而且这辈子只做海盗。你们就省省心吧。兄弟们，给我使出吃奶的劲儿，击沉无敌号！
hēng ，lǎoniáng wǒ shēng xiàlai jiùshì hǎidào ，érqiě zhèbèizi zhǐ zuò hǎidào 。nǐmen jiù shěngsheng xīn ba 。xiōngdì men ，gěi wǒ shǐchū chī nǎi de jìnr ，jīchén Wúdíhào ！
Hmph, this old lady came out of the womb a pirate and in this life, that’s all she’ll ever be. Save your breath. Men, give 'em everything you got. Sink ‘The Invincible’!
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