蘭桂嫂

Chinese

			older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (蘭桂嫂)		蘭桂	嫂
simp. (兰桂嫂)		兰桂	嫂

Etymology

The term may come from the homophone of 蘭桂子／兰桂子 (lang² ge⁴ zo³), a character in Puxian opera.

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): lang² ge⁴ so³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lang² ge⁴ so³ [Phonetic: lang⁵ nge¹ lo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)lo⁴⁵³/

Noun

蘭桂嫂

1. (Putian Puxian Min) disheveled woman

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蘭桂嫂”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 345.