| 灰 |
Huī gū niang | Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity |
| 灰 |
huī | ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |
| 姑 |
gū | paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) |
| 姑 |
gū niang | girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:个 |
| 娘 |
niáng | mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate |
| 娘 |
niáng | variant of 娘 |