事頭婆
See also: 事头婆
Chinese
(Cantonese) boss; store manager; master (Cantonese) boss; store manager; master; owner | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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trad. (事頭婆) | 事頭 | 婆 | |
simp. (事头婆) | 事头 | 婆 | |
alternative forms | 士頭婆/士头婆 |
Etymology
- “queen of England”
- Originated from slang among civil servants in Hong Kong. Nominally, the queen was the head of all civil servants of Hong Kong during British rule.
Pronunciation
Noun
事頭婆
- (Cantonese) proprietress; boss's wife; female boss
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) Queen of England, especially Elizabeth II
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 老闆娘 (“proprietress”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老闆娘 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 老闆娘 |
Taiwan | 老闆娘 | |
Harbin | 老闆娘 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 老闆娘 | |
Jinan | 老闆娘 | |
Luoyang | 內掌櫃, 掌櫃婆兒 | |
Xi'an | 老闆娘, 掌櫃娘子 dated, face-to-face, 掌櫃婆娘 dated, non-face-to-face | |
Yinchuan | 老闆娘 | |
Ürümqi | 老闆娘 | |
Chengdu | 老闆娘, 老闆兒娘 | |
Guiyang | 老闆娘 | |
Liuzhou | 老闆娘 | |
Xuzhou | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子, 掌櫃娘子 | |
Yangzhou | 老闆奶奶 | |
Nanjing | 老闆娘 | |
Singapore | 老闆娘 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事頭婆, 老闆娘 |
Hong Kong | 事頭婆, 老闆娘 | |
Taishan | 事頭婆 | |
Yangjiang | 老闆娘, 事頭婆 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 事頭婆 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 |
Lichuan | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 | |
Pingxiang | 老闆娘子 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 老闆娘 |
Yudu | 老闆娘 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭家娘 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭家娘 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭家娘 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭家娘 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭家娘 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭家娘 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 老闆娘, 女掌櫃, 女掌櫃的 |
Xinzhou | 老闆娘 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 老闆嫂 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老闆嫂 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 頭家娘 |
Quanzhou | 頭家娘 | |
Zhangzhou | 頭家娘 | |
Taipei | 頭家娘 | |
Kaohsiung | 頭家娘 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 頭家娘, 頭家嫂 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 頭家娘 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 頭家娘 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 頭家娘 | |
Leizhou | 老闆娘 | |
Haikou | 老闆娘 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 頭家娘 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老闆娘, 老闆婆 non-face-to-face |
Wu | Shanghai | 老闆娘, 老闆娘娘 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 老闆娘 | |
Suzhou | 老闆娘 | |
Danyang | 老闆娘, 老闆嫚嫚 | |
Hangzhou | 老闆娘 | |
Ningbo | 老闆娘 | |
Wenzhou | 老闆娘 | |
Jinhua | 老闆兒娘 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 老闆娘 |
Loudi | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 |