老媌

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (老媌)		老	媌

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): lāu-bâ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-bâ
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-bâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxbaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ ba¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ ba²⁴/

Noun

老媌

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam

Synonyms

鴇母／鸨母 (bǎomǔ)
鴇兒／鸨儿 (bǎo'ér)
老鴇／老鸨 (lǎobǎo)
老鴇子／老鸨子 (lǎobǎozi)
(Cantonese) 媽媽生／妈妈生
(Min Nan) 媌母, 婊頭／婊头, 媌頭／媌头, 雞母／鸡母

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