花婆

花婆

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (花婆)		花	婆
simp. #(花婆)		花	婆

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hoe-pô / hoa-pô

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: hue-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'pooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pô
    • Tâi-lô: hua-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'pooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

Noun

花婆

1. (Min Nan, derogatory) female matchmaker
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) woman brothel-keeper of flower boats

Synonyms

• (matchmaker): 媒人 (méirén); (female) 媒婆 (méipó); (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén), 媒妁 (méishuò)

Derived terms

花婆喙

花婆喙，胡累累