gān​niáng

godmother

干娘 乾娘 gān​niáng
godmother
godmother or adoptive mother; a woman one recognizes as a mother figure through a traditional ceremony rather than legal adoption
ma'am
(literary) a respectful way to address an older woman in traditional novels

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0.227 per million

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