婆仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (婆仔)		婆	仔
simp. ^#(婆仔)		婆	仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pô--á / pô-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô--á
  - Tâi-lô: pô--á
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô-á
  - Tâi-lô: pô-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poi'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

婆仔

(Mainland China Hokkien, dated) female servant; maid; maidservant
(Taiwanese Hokkien) old woman; old bag
(Taiwanese Hokkien) married woman that guides a bride in wedding etiquette and custom
(Taiwanese Hokkien) married woman mortician (in the southern coastal areas of Taiwan)

Synonyms

(female servant): 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú), 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng), 侍女 (shìnǚ); (Hokkien) 母仔
(old woman):

老太婆 (lǎotàipó)
老媽 / 老妈 (Longyan Min)
老媼 / 老媪 (lǎo'ǎo) (literary)
老屄婆子 (lau² bi¹ pe¹ zeh) (Jin)
老阿娘 (sē-sá-niông) (Northern Min)
阿奶 (⁷aq-na) (Wu)

Etymology 2

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (婆仔)		婆	仔
simp. ^#(婆仔)		婆	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ zai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po⁴ zai²
  - Yale: pòh jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

婆仔

(Cantonese) old woman with a smaller figure (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Derived terms

婆仔數 / 婆仔数 (Cantonese)
婆仔鞋 (Cantonese)
婆仔髻 (Cantonese)