偷油婆
Chinese
FWOTD – 1 June 2017
to steal; to pilfer | oil; sly | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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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] | ||
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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 |