花婆

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (花婆)		花	婆
simp. #(花婆)		花	婆

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pô / hoa-pô

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: hue-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'pooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pô
    • Tâi-lô: hua-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'pooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

Noun

花婆

1. (Southern Min, derogatory) female matchmaker
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) woman brothel-keeper of flower boats

Synonyms

• (matchmaker):

• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
• 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• 媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
• 媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
• 媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
• 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
• 媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
• 紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
• 紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
• 紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
• 紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)

 

Derived terms

• 花婆喙
• 花婆喙，胡累累