番仔婆

Chinese

		foreigner; Westerner	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (番仔婆)		番仔	婆

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): hoan-á-pô

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-pô
  - Tâi-lô: huan-á-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'afpooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /huan³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴/

Noun

番仔婆

(Min Nan) foreign woman
(Philippines Min Nan) local domestic maid

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 番婆

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