看輕婆

Chinese

		to underestimate; to look down on; to belittle to underestimate; to look down on; to belittle; to take someone lightly	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (看輕婆)		看輕	婆
simp. (看轻婆)		看轻	婆

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ kiang¹ po²

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ kiang¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³ kʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/

Noun

看輕婆

1. (Hakka) midwife (female only)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 助產士 (“midwife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		穩婆, 產婆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		助產士
Mandarin	Beijing	接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥
	Harbin	老牛婆, 老娘婆
	Yantai (Muping)	接生婆兒
	Jinan	接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆
	Luoyang	收生婆, 老娘婆
	Wanrong	接生員, 拾娃的
	Xi'an	包娃的
	Yinchuan	老娘婆
	Lanzhou	老娘婆
	Ürümqi	接生婆
	Wuhan	撿生婆
	Chengdu	接生婆, 撿生婆
	Guiyang	撿生奶, 接生奶
	Liuzhou	收生婆, 接生婆
	Xuzhou	收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆
	Yangzhou	收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated
	Nanjing	接生婆, 姥姥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	執媽, 執仔婆
	Hong Kong	執媽, 執仔婆
	Taishan	伴生婆
	Dongguan	執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆
Gan	Nanchang	阿婆
	Lichuan	撿伢崽娘
	Pingxiang	接生娘
Hakka	Meixian	看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	產婆, 接生婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	輕身婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	產婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	產婆, 助產士
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	產婆, 接生婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	產婆
Huizhou	Jixi	接生婆
Jin	Taiyuan	老娘婆
	Xinzhou	收生婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拾洗奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拾囝婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older, 抾囝姆 dated, older
	Quanzhou	抾囝母, 先生媽
	Zhangzhou	抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older
	Taipei	產婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	產婆
	Kaohsiung	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Yilan	產婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	產婆
	Taichung	產婆
	Tainan	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Hsinchu	產婆
	Kinmen	產婆
	Penghu (Magong)	產婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	抾囝母
	Haikou	生囝婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	接生婆
Wu	Shanghai	助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老娘婆
	Suzhou	老娘
	Danyang	收生婆, 接生格
	Hangzhou	收生婆
	Ningbo	接生老娘, 接生婆
	Wenzhou	洗生婆
	Jinhua	接生娘, 洗生娘
Xiang	Changsha	接生婆
	Loudi	收生婆, 接生員
Note	Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.