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

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

(Min Nan, derogatory) female matchmaker
(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

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