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
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 花婆
- (Southern Min, derogatory) female matchmaker
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) woman brothel-keeper of flower boats
Synonyms
- (matchmaker): 媒人 (méirén); (female) 媒婆 (méipó); (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén), 媒妁 (méishuò); (Min Nan) 媒人姐, 媒人媽/媒人妈, 媒姨
Derived terms
Lua error in Module:zh/templates at line 32: This template has been deprecated. Please use Template:col3 instead.