粵

養joeng5娘noeng4

joeng5 noeng4yǎng niánginferred

English

  1. foster mother

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 養育他人所生子女之母親,與生娘相對

Examples

  • 生娘不及養娘大

    a foster mother is more intimate to the child than the biological mother

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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