媌母
Chinese
| female; mother | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (媌母) | 媌 | 母 | |
| simp. #(媌母) | 媌 | 母 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
媌母
- (Min Nan) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) mother (used by fathers to their children)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴇母, 老鴇, 老鴇子, 鴇兒 | |
| Mandarin | Liuzhou | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 龜婆 |
| Hong Kong | 龜婆, 媽媽生 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 龜婆 | |
| Macau | 雞婆 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 龜婆 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 龜婆 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 龜婆 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 龜婆 | |
| Foshan | 龜婆 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 龜婆 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 雞婆 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 龜婆 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 龜婆 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 雞婆 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 雞婆 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 龜婆 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 龜婆 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 龜婆 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 龜婆 | |
| Taishan | 雞頭 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 龜婆 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 龜婆 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 龜婆 | |
| Dongguan | 老舉頭 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉頭 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 龜婆 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 龜婆 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉頭 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 契婆 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 雞婆 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 索頭婆 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鴇 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依大, 依大頭, 依厝 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 媌母, 媌頭, 婊頭, 老媌 |
| Quanzhou | 媌母, 婊頭 | |
| Zhangzhou | 媌母, 媌頭, 老媌, 雞母 | |
| Tainan | 婊頭, 媌頭, 媌母 | |
| Leizhou | 龜婆 | |
| Haikou | 龜婆 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 雞婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老鴇 |
| Suzhou | 老鴇 | |
| Hangzhou | 鴇兒 | |
| Ningbo | 老鴇, 王婆 | |