偷油婆
Chinese
FWOTD – 1 June 2017
| to steal; to pilfer | oil; sly | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (偷油婆) | 偷 | 油 | 婆 | |
| Literally: “oil-stealing woman”. | ||||
Etymology
So named because of the shininess of its wings, which was thought to be from oil stolen from the kitchen, a common place where cockroaches are found.
Pronunciation
Noun
偷油婆
- (chiefly Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) cockroach
- 偷油婆他們燒來吃過的。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1948, 艾蕪, 鄉愁
- Tōuyóupó tāmen shāo lái chī guò de. [Pinyin]
- They have roasted cockroaches to eat before.
偷油婆他们烧来吃过的。 [MSC, simp.]- 偷油婆到處爬，腳上也有細菌，它爬過的東西還有臭氣，吃了要發嘔。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1958 April 7, 許川 and 白丁, 毛主席使紅光社大方紅光, in 四川日報
- Tōuyóupó dàochù pá, jiǎo shàng yě yǒu xìjūn, tā pá guò de dōngxī háiyǒu chòuqì, chī le yào fā'ǒu. [Pinyin]
- The cockroaches crawl all over the place, and there are germs on their legs. Also, things that they have crawled over have a stench, and if you eat them, you will feel like vomiting.
偷油婆到处爬，脚上也有细菌，它爬过的东西还有臭气，吃了要发呕。 [MSC, simp.]- 開冰箱時鑽進了一隻偷油婆，特別肥大，特別狡猾。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2010, 马骥 and 王跃, 少城轶事, page 193
- Kāi bīngxiāng shí zuān jìn le yī zhī tōuyóupó, tèbié féidà, tèbié jiǎohuá. [Pinyin]
- When the fridge was opened, in crawled a cockroach, which was especially fat and cunning.
开冰箱时钻进了一只偷油婆，特别肥大，特别狡猾。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 蜚蠊, 䗅蜋, 香娘子 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟑螂, 蜚蠊 | |
| Taxonomic name | 蜚蠊 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 蟑螂, 老蟑兒, 油炸豆兒 |
| Taiwan | 蟑螂 | |
| Harbin | 蟑螂, 老蟑 | |
| Shenyang | 老蟑 | |
| Hailar | 蟑螂 | |
| Ulan Hot | 老蟑 | |
| Tongliao | 蟑螂 | |
| Chifeng | 蟑螂 | |
| Bayanhot | 蟑螂 | |
| Jinan | 蟑螂 | |
| Muping | 蟑火螂 | |
| Xi'an | 蟑螂 | |
| Xuzhou | 蟑螂 | |
| Ürümqi | 蟑螂, 油蟲 | |
| Chengdu | 偷油婆, 蟑螂 | |
| Guiyang | 偷油婆 | |
| Liuzhou | 偷油婆, 臊甲 | |
| Yangzhou | 蟑木蟲子 | |
| Nanjing | 蟑螂 | |
| Nantong | 蟑木蟲兒 | |
| Malaysia | 蟑螂 | |
| Singapore | 蟑螂 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 曱甴 |
| Hong Kong | 曱甴, 小強 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 曱甴 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 曱甴 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 曱甴 | |
| Taishan | 曱甴 | |
| Dongguan | 曱甴 | |
| Yangjiang | 曱甴 | |
| Xinyi | 曱甴 | |
| Nanning | 曱甴 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 曱甴 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 曱甴 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 煠撥子, 赤膊子 |
| Lichuan | 蚻 | |
| Pingxiang | 油賊婆 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃蚻 |
| Xingning | 黃蚻 | |
| Huidong | 黃蚻 | |
| Qujiang | 黃蚻 | |
| Changting | 黃蚻 | |
| Pingyu | 黃蚻 | |
| Wuping | 黃蚻 | |
| Liancheng | 黃蚻 | |
| Ninghua | 黃蚻 | |
| Yudu | 黃蚻 | |
| Ruijin | 黃蚻 | |
| Shicheng | 黃蚻 | |
| Shangyou | 黃蚻 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黃蚻 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 黃蚻 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 蜞蚻, 蜞蚻仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 黃蚻 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 蜞蚻, 黃蚻 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 黃蚻 | |
| Hong Kong | 黃蚻 | |
| Senai | 蜞蚻 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 黃蚻 | |
| Singkawang | 蜞蚻 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 油蟲 |
| Shexian | 蟑油蟲 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟑螂 |
| Baochang | 蟑螂 | |
| Jining | 蟑老財 | |
| Hohhot | 蟑螂 | |
| Baotou | 蟑老財 | |
| Dongsheng | 蟑螂 | |
| Linhe | 蟑螂 | |
| Haibowan | 蟑螂 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蚻 |
| Dikou | 蚻 | |
| Songxi | 蚻 | |
| Zhenghe | 蚻 | |
| Zhenqian | 蚻 | |
| Jianyang | 蚻 | |
| Wuyishan | 蚻 | |
| Shibei | 蚻 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 虼蚻 |
| Changle | 蚻母 | |
| Fuqing | 虼蚻 | |
| Yongtai | 虼蚻 | |
| Gutian | 蚻母 | |
| Fu'an | 蚻 | |
| Ningde | 蚻母 | |
| Shouning | 蚻 | |
| Zhouning | 蚻 | |
| Fuding | 蚻, 虼蚻 | |
| Matsu | 灶蚻 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 虼蚻 |
| Tong'an | 虼蚻 | |
| Quanzhou | 虼蚻 | |
| Jinjiang | 虼蚻 | |
| Nan'an | 虼蚻 | |
| Anxi | 虼蚻 | |
| Yongchun | 虼蚻 | |
| Dehua | 虼蚻 | |
| Zhangzhou | 虼蚻 | |
| Longhai | 虼蚻 | |
| Changtai | 虼蚻 | |
| Hua'an | 虼蚻 | |
| Zhangpu | 虼蚻 | |
| Yunxiao | 虼蚻 | |
| Dongshan | 虼蚻 | |
| Taipei | 虼蚻 | |
| Kaohsiung | 虼蚻 | |
| Tainan | 虼蚻 | |
| Taichung | 虼蚻 | |
| Wuqi | 虼蚻 | |
| Hsinchu | 虼蚻 | |
| Taitung | 虼蚻 | |
| Lukang | 虼蚻 | |
| Sanxia | 虼蚻 | |
| Yilan | 虼蚻 | |
| Kinmen | 虼蚻 | |
| Magong | 虼蚻 | |
| Penang | 虼蚻 | |
| Singapore | 虼蚻 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 虼蚻 | |
| Longyan | 虼蚻 | |
| Zhangping | 虼蚻仔 | |
| Datian | 油蚻 | |
| Pingnan | 虼蚻 | |
| Chaozhou | 虼蚻 | |
| Shantou | 虼蚻 | |
| Haifeng | 虼蚻 | |
| Johor Bahru | 虼蚻 | |
| Wenchang | 虼蚻 | |
| Haikou | 虼蚻 | |
| Leizhou | 虼蚻 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 虼蚻 |
| Xianyou | 虼蚻 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 臊甲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟑螂, 小強 |
| Suzhou | 蟑螂 | |
| Wuxi | 蟑螂 | |
| Hangzhou | 蟑螂 | |
| Wenzhou | 膠蚻 | |
| Chongming | 灶鴨 | |
| Danyang | 蟑螂 | |
| Ningbo | 蟑螂 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 偷油婆 |
| Xiangtan | 偷油婆 | |
| Loudi | 油鹽蟲 | |
| Quanzhou | 臊甲子 | |