Chinese symbol for “governess”
姥
mǔ
governess; old woman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for governess is 姥 (mǔ), defined as: governess; old woman.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “governess”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媬 | bǎo | governess; nurse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 姥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姥姥 | lǎo lao | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 姥爷 (姥爺) | lǎo ye | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather |
| 姨姥姥 | yí lǎo lao | mother's mother's sister; great-aunt |
| 姑姥姥 | gū lǎo lao | mother's father's sister (coll.); great aunt |
| 姥娘 | lǎo niáng | maternal grandmother (dialectal) |
| 姥鲨 (姥鯊) | lǎo shā | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.