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		paternal aunt	mother; young lady
simp. and trad. (姑娘)		姑	娘

姑娘

(Min Nan) This term is rarely used as an independent term in informal speech. The more authentic Min Nan term would be 查某囝 (cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ).

姑娘

From modern Mandarin Chinese 姑娘 ‎(gūniang).

姑娘 ‎(katakana クーニャン, romaji kūnyan)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūniang
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄋㄧㄤ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu.nhiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ noeng⁴
  - Yale: gū nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ noeng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-ngiòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu´ ngiongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ ngiong²
  - IPA: /ku²⁴ ɲi̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-niû
  - Tâi-lô: koo-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koniuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² niu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ niu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ niu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ niu²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-niô͘
  - Tâi-lô: koo-niôo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ku nyan (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ȵã²¹/