干妈 (gān mā) — godmother (honorary mother through ritual or close friendship)
Definition
A "dry mother" — a non-blood adult woman who takes a parental role, chosen through a ritual kinship or a very close family friend, not a baptismal godmother in the Western sense.
noun
godmother (honorary mother through ritual or close friendship)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 干妈。Wǒ de gān mā měi nián dōu gěi wǒ mǎi shēng rì lǐ wù.My godmother buys me a birthday gift every year.
- 干妈。Tā rèn le yí wèi lín jū zuò gān mā.He took a neighbor as his godmother.
- 干妈。gān mā Duì wǒ xiàng qīn nǚ ér yí yàng hǎo.My godmother treats me as well as her own daughter.
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