婆仔

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (婆仔)		婆	仔

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): pô--á / pô-á

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô--á
  - Tâi-lô: pô--á
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô-á
  - Tâi-lô: pô-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poi'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

婆仔

(Mainland China Hokkien, dated) female servant; maid; maidservant
(Taiwanese Hokkien) old woman; old bag
(Taiwanese Hokkien) married woman that guides a bride in wedding etiquette and custom
(Taiwanese Hokkien) married woman mortician (in the southern coastal areas of Taiwan)

Synonyms

(female servant): 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú), 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng), 侍女 (shìnǚ); (Min Nan) 母仔
(old woman): 老太婆 (lǎotàipó)

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