使媽

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	mother; mama
trad. (使媽)		使	媽
simp. (使妈)		使	妈

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² maa¹, sai² maa^1-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai² maa¹, sai² maa^1-2
  - Yale: sái mā, sái má
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² maa¹, sai² maa^1-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² ma¹, sei² ma^1-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ maː⁵⁵/, /sɐi̯³⁵ maː⁵⁵⁻³⁵/

Noun

使媽

(Guangzhou Cantonese, dated) female servant; maid; maidservant

Synonyms

女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng)
女僕／女仆 (nǚpú)
侍女 (shìnǚ)
(Hokkien) 婆仔, 母仔
(Wu) 保姆, 娘姨

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