契家婆
Chinese
| contract | home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (契家婆) | 契 | 家 | 婆 | |
| simp. #(契家婆) | 契 | 家 | 婆 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): koi3 ge1 bo5
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kai3 gaa1 po4-2
- Yale: kai gā pó
- Cantonese Pinyin: kai3 gaa1 po4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: kei3 ga1 po4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐi̯³³ kaː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: koi3 gaa1 po4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɔi³² ka²¹³ pʰɔ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: koi3 ge1 bo5
- Sinological IPA: /kʰɔi²¹⁻⁵⁵ kɛ³⁵⁻³³ pɔ²²/
- (Leizhou)
Noun
契家婆
- (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) extramarital female lover of a married man
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姘婦, 情婦 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家婆 |
| Dongguan | 契家婆, 情婦 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 二奶 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老婆 |
| Pingxiang | 野老婆 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄婆, 婊婆 |
| Taipei | 夥計 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 夥計 | |
| Kaohsiung | 夥計 | |
| Yilan | 夥計 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 夥計 | |
| Taichung | 夥計仔 | |
| Tainan | 夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT | |
| Hsinchu | 夥計 | |
| Kinmen | 鬥頭 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 鬥頭 | |
| Leizhou | 契家婆 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老婆 |
| Loudi | 野老婆 | |
| Hengyang | 野老婆 | |