薑母

Chinese

ginger female; mother
trad. (薑母)
simp. (姜母)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • giên1 bho2 - Chaozhou;
  • gion1 bho2 - Jieyang.

    Noun

    薑母

    1. (chiefly Southern Min, specifically) old ginger; mature ginger
    2. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hainanese, in general) ginger

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    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), “姜母”, 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 216.
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “331 姜(注意分别嫩姜和老姜)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 323.