雞婆
Chinese
fowl; chicken | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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trad. (雞婆/鷄婆) | 雞/鷄 | 婆 | |
simp. (鸡婆) | 鸡 | 婆 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gai1 po4
- Gan (Wiktionary): ji1 'po2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke-pô / koe-pô
- Wu (Changzhou, Wugniu): 1ci-bou2
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīpó
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄆㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jipó
- Wade–Giles: chi1-pʻo2
- Yale: jī-pwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jipor
- Palladius: цзипо (czipo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ji1 po2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi po
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gai1 po4
- Yale: gāi pòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gai1 po4
- Guangdong Romanization: gei1 po4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-pô
- Tâi-lô: ke-pô
- Phofsit Daibuun: ke'pooi
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
- IPA (Singapore): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-pô
- Tâi-lô: kue-pô
- Phofsit Daibuun: koe'pooi
- IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
雞婆
- (Central Plains, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Hui, dialectal Wu, Xiang) hen
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) procuress
- (dialectal) prostitute
- (slang, originally Taiwanese Hokkien 家婆) nosy person; busybody
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 母雞 (“hen”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]