阿aa3媽maa1

English

1. grandma (paternal) (Tw)
2. a common address particularly in local communities to refer to Tin Hau/Mazu
3. mother; (in some cases) mother-in-law
4. (dialect) mother
5. nurse
6. amah
7. (Manchu) father

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 地方社會對天后嘅稱呼
2. 某人阿媽，即係生某人出嚟嘅女人；有時亦指唔係親生但履行媽媽責任嘅人，即係後母、繼母；有時亦指奶奶（老公嘅阿媽）、外母（老婆嘅阿媽）（量詞：個）

Examples

• 阿媽係女人

  'mums are women', i.e. something trivially true, something everybody knows

• 阿媽去咗行街。

  Mother has gone shopping.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我阿媽手字好靚。

  My mother has good handwriting.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢阿媽去咗買嘢。

  Her mother has gone shopping.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我阿媽好早起身。

  My mother gets up early.

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• 你整喊咗你阿媽。

  You made your mother cry.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我阿爸阿媽都好鬆。

  My parents are not strict with me.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 阿媽，我今晚唔返嚟食飯喇。

  Hey mum, I'm not coming home for dinner tonight.