黃臉婆

See also: 黄脸婆

Chinese

		yellow	face	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (黃臉婆)		黃	臉	婆
simp. (黄脸婆)		黄	脸	婆
Literally: “yellow-faced old woman”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángliǎnpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ lim⁵ po⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángliǎnpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángliǎnpó
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-lien³-pʻo²
    • Yale: hwáng-lyǎn-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangleanpor
    • Palladius: хуанляньпо (xuanljanʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ lim⁵ po⁴
    • Yale: wòhng líhm pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ lim⁵ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ lim⁵ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ liːm¹³ pʰɔː²¹/

Noun

黃臉婆

1. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ugly old woman; hag

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 黃面婆／黄面婆