老媌

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老媌)		老	媌
simp. #(老媌)		老	媌

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-bâ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-bâ
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-bâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxbaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ ba¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ ba²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老媌

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam

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)
• (Cantonese) 媽媽生／妈妈生
• (Min Nan) 媌母, 婊頭／婊头, 媌頭／媌头, 雞母／鸡母