巫婆
Chinese
| witch; Malay | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (巫婆) | 巫 | 婆 | |
| simp. #(巫婆) | 巫 | 婆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 po4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-pô
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u1 bo2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wūpó
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wupó
- Wade–Giles: wu1-pʻo2
- Yale: wū-pwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: upor
- Palladius: упо (upo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wūpór
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄆㄛˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wupór
- Wade–Giles: wu1-pʻo2-ʼrh
- Yale: wū-pór
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uporl
- Palladius: упор (upor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wu1 po2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: upo
- Sinological IPA (key): /vu⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 po4
- Yale: mòuh pòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 po4
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 po4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-pô
- Tâi-lô: bû-pô
- Phofsit Daibuun: bu'pooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² po¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Xiang
Noun
巫婆
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 巫婆 (“witch; sorceress”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 巫婆, 女巫, 師婆, 師婆子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 神婆, 神媽媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 巫婆兒, 姑娘 young |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 神婆兒, 巫婆兒, 師婆兒 |
| Wanrong | 神婆子 | |
| Xi'an | 神婆子 | |
| Xining | 神娘娘 | |
| Xuzhou | 神嬤兒嬤兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 神婆子 |
| Ürümqi | 神婆子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 觀仙婆兒, 巫婆 |
| Guiyang | 神婆 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 巫婆 |
| Yangzhou | 神婆子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 神婆 |
| Hong Kong | 巫婆 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 巫婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 神婆子 |
| Xinzhou | 神婆子 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 神媽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 神姐, 神婆, 紅姨 |
| Quanzhou | 神姐, 神婆 | |
| Jinjiang | 神姐 | |
| Hui'an | 揣神婆 | |
| Zhangzhou | 紅姨 | |
| Haikou | 神婆 | |
| Wu | Jinhua | 巫三姑娘, 三姊妹, 三姑, 仙姑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 巫婆 |