紡紗婆

Chinese

		to spin fabric; spinning	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (紡紗婆)		紡紗	婆
simp. (纺沙婆)		纺沙	婆

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan³ sa¹ bo²

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan³ sa¹ bo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan⁴¹ sa̠³³ po¹³/

Noun

紡紗婆

1. (Xiang) katydid (Mecopoda elongata)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紡織娘 (“katydid (Mecopoda elongata)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莎雞, 絡緯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紡織娘
Taxonomic name		紡織娘
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	紡線婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	紡造婆, 紡紗婆
	Yangzhou	紡織娘子
Gan	Nanchang	紡線子
	Pingxiang	紡機婆仔, 紡機婆
Huizhou	Jixi	紡織娘
Southern Min	Xiamen	草雞
Wu	Shanghai	紡織娘, 織布娘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紡織娘娘
	Suzhou	紡織娘
	Danyang	織機娘娘
	Ningbo	織績蟲, 借借蟲
	Wenzhou	紡車踏
Xiang	Changsha	紡紗婆