正房
Chinese
just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year |
house | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (正房) | 正 | 房 | |
| simp. #(正房) | 正 | 房 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zing3 fong4-2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia4 bang2 / ziann4 bang2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tsen-vaon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngfáng
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngfáng
- Wade–Giles: chêng4-fang2
- Yale: jèng-fáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqfarng
- Palladius: чжэнфан (čžɛnfan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing3 fong4-2
- Yale: jing fóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing3 fong4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: jing3 fong4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zia4 bang2 [Phonetic: zia4 ang2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cia̍ⁿ-báng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sia⁴² (p-)aŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ziann4 bang2 [Phonetic: ziann1 wang2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sĩã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (p-)βaŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Wu
Noun
正房
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 大老婆 (“official wife; primary wife”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正室, 正房, 正妻, 嫡妻, 正室, 正配, 元配, 髮妻 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大婆兒, 大娘們兒 |
| Taiwan | 大老婆 | |
| Singapore | 大老婆 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大婆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大婆兒, 大老婆 |
| Xi'an | 大老婆 | |
| Xuzhou | 大婆兒, 大婆子, 大老婆 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大老婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 大老婆, 大婆子 |
| Liuzhou | 大婆 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大老婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大婆 |
| Hong Kong | 大婆 | |
| Dongguan | 大婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 大老婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 大婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 大老嫗 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大婆子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大某 |
| Quanzhou | 大某 | |
| Jinjiang | 大某 | |
| Yongchun | 大某 | |
| Zhangzhou | 大某, 大姐 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 大某 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 大某 | |
| Leizhou | 大娘 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 大房, 正房 |
| Xianyou | 大房, 正房 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大老官 |
| Suzhou | 大老媽 | |
| Hangzhou | 大老婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 正娘 | |
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “正房”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 580.