媽媽生

Chinese

		mum; mama; breast	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (媽媽生)		媽媽	生
simp. (妈妈生)		妈妈	生

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ママさん (mamasan). See also 媽媽桑／妈妈桑 (māmāsāng).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹ maa^1-4 saang^1-4

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹ maa^1-4 saang^1-4
    • Yale: mā màh sàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ maa^1-4 saang^1-4
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ ma^1-4 sang^1-4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵⁻²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 媽媽生

1. (Cantonese) procuress; female pimp

Synonyms

• 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)
• (Min Nan) 媌母, 婊頭／婊头, 老媌, 媌頭／媌头, 雞母／鸡母