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): ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄙㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōubāsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄙㄤ
    • 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

1. (Taiwan, slang) old woman