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); (Jin) 老屄婆子; (Northern Min) 老阿娘

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

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Derived terms

婆仔數／婆仔数 (Cantonese)
婆仔鞋 (Cantonese)

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