雞婆

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (雞婆)		雞	婆
simp. (鸡婆)		鸡	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jīpó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄆㄛˊ

(Chengdu, SP): ji¹ po²
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ po⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): ji¹ 'po²
Min Nan (POJ): ke-pô / koe-pô
Xiang (Wiktionary): ji¹ bo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jipor
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ji¹ po²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi po
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai¹ po⁴
  - Yale: gāi pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ po⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ji¹ 'po²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴² ˈpʰo²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-pô
  - Tâi-lô: ke-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ke'pooi
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-pô
  - Tâi-lô: kue-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koe'pooi
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji¹ bo²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³³ po¹³/

Noun

雞婆

(Central Plains Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Hui, dialectal Wu, Xiang) hen
(dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) procuress
(dialectal) prostitute
(slang, originally Taiwanese Min Nan 家婆) nosy person; busybody

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母雞 (“hen”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母雞
Mandarin	Beijing	母雞
	Taiwan	母雞
	Jinan	母雞
	Xi'an	母雞
	Wuhan	母雞、雞婆
	Chengdu	雞母、雞婆
	Yangzhou	母雞
	Hefei	母雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞乸
	Hong Kong	雞乸
	Taishan	雞乸
	Yangjiang	雞乸
Gan	Nanchang	雞婆
Hakka	Meixian	雞嫲
	Xingning	雞嫲
	Huidong	雞嫲
	Qujiang	雞嫲
	Xiaosanjiang	雞嫲
	Changting	雞嫲
	Pingyu	雞嫲
	Wuping	雞嫲
	Liancheng	雞嫲
	Ninghua	雞嫲
	Ruijin	雞婆
	Shicheng	雞嫲、雞婆
	Shangyou	雞婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞嫲
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	雞嫲
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	雞嫲
	Dongshi (Dabu)	雞嫲
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	雞嫲
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	雞嫲
Jin	Taiyuan	草雞、母雞
Min Bei	Jian'ou	雞嫲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	雞母
Min Nan	Xiamen	雞母
	Quanzhou	雞母
	Zhangzhou	雞母
	Taipei	雞母
	Kaohsiung	雞母
	Tainan	雞母
	Taichung	雞母
	Hsinchu	雞母
	Lukang	雞母
	Sanxia	雞母
	Yilan	雞母
	Kinmen	雞母
	Magong	雞母
	Penang	雞母
	Chaozhou	雞母
Wu	Suzhou	雌雞
Wu	Wenzhou	草雞
Xiang	Changsha	雞婆
Xiang	Shuangfeng	雞婆

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