接生婆

Chinese

		to deliver a newborn child; to practice midwifery	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (接生婆)		接生	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēshēngpó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄕㄥㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ saang¹ po^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiap-sên-phò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiēshēngpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄕㄥㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieshengpor
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiēshēngpór
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄕㄥㄆㄛˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieshengporl
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰwɔɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zip³ saang¹ po^4-2
  - Yale: jip sāang pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ saang¹ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: jib³ sang¹ po²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³ säːŋ⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiap-sên-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiab` sen´ poˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiab⁵ sen¹ po²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ap̚² sen²⁴ pʰo¹¹/

Noun

接生婆

(colloquial) midwife (female only)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 助產士 (“midwife”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		穩婆, 產婆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		助產士
Mandarin	Beijing	接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥
	Harbin	老牛婆, 老娘婆
	Jinan	接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆
	Muping	接生婆兒
	Luoyang	收生婆, 老娘婆
	Wanrong	接生員, 拾娃的
	Xi'an	包娃的
	Xuzhou	收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆
	Yinchuan	老娘婆
	Lanzhou	老娘婆
	Ürümqi	接生婆
	Wuhan	撿生婆
	Chengdu	接生婆, 撿生婆
	Guiyang	撿生奶, 接生奶
	Liuzhou	收生婆, 接生婆
	Yangzhou	收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated
	Nanjing	接生婆, 姥姥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	執媽, 執仔婆
	Hong Kong	執媽, 執仔婆
	Taishan	伴生婆
	Dongguan	執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆
Gan	Nanchang	阿婆
	Lichuan	撿伢崽娘
	Pingxiang	接生娘
Hakka	Meixian	看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	產婆, 接生婆
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	輕身婆
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	產婆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	產婆, 助產士
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	產婆, 接生婆
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	產婆
Huizhou	Jixi	接生婆
Jin	Taiyuan	老娘婆
Jin	Xinzhou	收生婆
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拾洗奶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	拾囝婆
Min Nan	Xiamen	抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽
	Quanzhou	抾囝母, 先生媽
	Zhangzhou	抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽
	Taipei	產婆
	Kaohsiung	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Tainan	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Taichung	產婆
	Hsinchu	產婆
	Lukang	產婆
	Sanxia	產婆
	Yilan	產婆
	Kinmen	產婆
	Magong	產婆
	Haikou	生囝婆
Pinghua	Nanning	接生婆
Wu	Shanghai	助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated
	Suzhou	老娘
	Hangzhou	收生婆
	Wenzhou	洗生婆
	Chongming	老娘婆
	Danyang	收生婆, 接生格
	Jinhua	接生娘, 洗生娘
	Ningbo	接生老娘, 接生婆
Xiang	Changsha	接生婆
Xiang	Loudi	收生婆, 接生員
Note	Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.

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