妓嫲

Chinese

		prostitute
trad. (妓嫲)		妓	嫲
simp. #(妓嫲)		妓	嫲

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): gī-ma̿ / gí-ma̿

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gī-ma̿ / gí-ma̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵ ma³³/, /ki⁵⁴ ma³³/

Noun

妓嫲

1. (Northern Min) prostitute

   • 妓嫲喇合有信心平平安安裡接待兀來𢫦探□的人，因為𱕇事就伓曾邀兀逆上帝的人齊滅掉。 [MSC, trad.]
     妓嫲喇合有信心平平安安里接待兀来𢫦探□的人，因为𱕇事就伓曾邀兀逆上帝的人齐灭掉。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1896, Séng Iŏ̤ Cṳ̌ing Sṳ́: Gṳ̄ing-nǎing Hǔ gâ̤ Tǔ-kióng (Lô̤-mǎ Cī), Hí-bă-lǎi 11:31, Chinese characters added by Wiktionary, English translation from the World English Bible

     Gī-ma̿ Là-hō̤ iǔ se̿ng-séng běng-běng úing-úing-di̿ ciĕ-duòi ŭ lâ̤ mà-tâng-dông gâ̤ nêng, éng-ṳē iŏ̤ng dī ciū ēng-nǎing iáu ŭ ngà̤ Ciōng-Di̿ gâ̤ nêng câi miè-tiāu. [Pinyin]

     By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Mandarin	Beijing	妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
	Taiwan	妓女, 婊子
	Harbin	婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
	Yantai (Muping)	婊子, 賣窯子的
	Jinan	窯姐
	Xi'an	窯子
	Yinchuan	婊子, 娼婦
	Lanzhou	婊子, 窯子
	Xining	馬班子
	Ürümqi	婊子
	Wuhan	婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
	Chengdu	梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
	Guiyang	婊子, 娼妓
	Kunming	爛使, 皮旦
	Liuzhou	老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
	Yangzhou	婊子, 姑娘 dated
	Nanjing	婊子
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	妓女, 雞
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賣屄人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賣屄人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	妓女, 賣屄婆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賣屄人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉, 野雞, 雞
	Hong Kong	妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老舉
	Macau	老舉, 雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老舉
	Foshan	老舉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老舉
	Foshan (Shunde)	老舉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老舉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老舉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老舉, 雞
	Taishan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老舉, 雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	老舉, 雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	老舉
	Dongguan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉
	Xinyi	老舉
	Nanning	老妓
	Rongxian	雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老舉婆
	Hepu (Shatian)	老契
	Guiping	老舉
	Guiping (Mule)	雞
	Pingnan	雞
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	老舉, 雞
	Guigang (Pingdong)	老舉
	Beihai	老舉
	Beihai (Nankang)	老舉
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老舉婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老舉, 雞婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老舉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雞婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老舉
	Móng Cái	老舉
	Yangon (Taishan)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Mandalay (Taishan)	女妓
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	老舉, 雞
	Betong (Rongxian)	雞
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
	Lichuan	婊子
	Pingxiang	婊子
Hakka	Meixian	婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Xingning	婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
	Huiyang	老舉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老舉嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老舉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞婆, 老舉嫲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	老舉
	Conghua (Lütian)	老舉
	Yudu	婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賺食嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賺食嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賺食嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
	Hong Kong	老舉嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	老舉, 雞
Huizhou	Jixi	婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin	Taiyuan	婊子, 窯子裡的
	Xinzhou	婊子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妓嫲
	Jianyang	妓嫲
	Wuyishan	婊子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白面, 白面哥
	Changle	白面哥
	Fuqing	婊
	Yongtai	白面
	Gutian	做婊子
	Fu'an	白面
	Ningde	白面
	Shouning	婊囝
	Zhouning	婊囝
	Fuding	花娘
	Matsu	白面
Southern Min	Xiamen	婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
	Quanzhou	婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
	Zhangzhou	婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
	Taipei	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Taipei (Wanhua)	趁食查某
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	趁食查某, 豆菜底
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	趁食查某
	Kaohsiung	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
	Yilan	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Yilan (Toucheng)	趁食查某
	Changhua (Lukang)	趁食查某
	Taichung	趁食查某
	Taichung (Wuqi)	趁食查某
	Tainan	豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
	Tainan (Anping)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
	Taitung	趁食查某
	Hsinchu	趁食查某
	Kinmen	趁食查某, 相楗的
	Penghu (Magong)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
	Penghu (Xiyu)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹查某, 雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老妓
	Chaozhou	娼, 雞
	Shantou	花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
	Jieyang	雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
	Haifeng	雞, 查某娼
	Bangkok (Teochew)	妓女, 雞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	老衍
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	妓女
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妓女
	Leizhou	娘
	Haikou	娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min	Putian	貨𨈘
	Xianyou	貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu	Shanghai	婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婊子, 野雞
	Suzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Danyang	婊子
	Hangzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Ningbo	花佬, 婊子
	Wenzhou	大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
	Jinhua	賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang	Changsha	妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
	Loudi	婊子, 娼婦
	Quanzhou	妓女

Derived terms

• 妓嫲囝
• 妓嫲行