OBS

Chinese

Etymology

Initialism of Hokkien 歐巴桑／欧巴桑 (o͘-bá-sáng), from Japanese お婆(ばあ)さん (obāsan).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōubāsāng

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄅㄚㄙㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōubāsāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄅㄚㄙㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: oubasang
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹-pa¹-sang¹
  - Yale: ōu-bā-sāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oubasang
  - Palladius: оубасан (oubasan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

OBS

(Taiwan, slang) old woman

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