媌母

Chinese

			female; mother
trad. (媌母)		媌	母
simp. #(媌母)		媌	母

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ-bú / bâ-bó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-bú
    • Tâi-lô: bâ-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ba'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ba²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ba²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-bó
    • Tâi-lô: bâ-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ba'boir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³⁻²² bo⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 媌母

1. (Southern Min) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) mother (used by fathers to their children)

Synonyms

• (procuress): 鴇母／鸨母 (bǎomǔ), 鴇兒／鸨儿 (bǎo'ér), 老鴇／老鸨 (lǎobǎo), 老鴇子／老鸨子 (lǎobǎozi), 雞頭／鸡头 (jītóu); (Cantonese) 媽媽生／妈妈生; (Min Nan) 婊頭／婊头, 老媌, 媌頭／媌头, 雞母／鸡母