查某

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (查某)		查	某
variant forms		諸母／诸母多母諸姆／诸姆查娒查厶諸母／诸母多母諸姆／诸姆查娒查厶珠母諸婦／诸妇諸妹／诸妹妰娝

Etymology

Tu (2018) suggests the compound is from 諸母.

Pronunciation

Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): cha-bó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): za¹ bhou²

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha-bó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsa-bóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: za'bor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³ bɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: za¹ bhou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa bóu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³⁻²³ bou⁵²/

Note: overseas.

Noun

查某

(Min Nan) woman; girl
- 人人都認識了我老查某。 [MSC, trad.]
  人人都认识了我老查某。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2007 October 4, Seow Hong Koon, Laozhabor's Rap (老查某 MV)
  Rénrén dōu rènshí le wǒ Lǎo Cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]
  Everyone knows me, Lao Zha Bor (old woman).
- 我是馬來西亞的查某。 [MSC, trad.]
  我是马来西亚的查某。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014 May 23, Joyce Chu, Malaysia Chabor
  Wǒ shì Malaysia de cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]
  I’m a true Malaysian girl.
- 第一个講序細足無閒，查埔的做律師，查某的做靈芝的大賣 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  第一个讲序细足无闲，查埔的做律师，查某的做灵芝的大卖 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 2017 July 20, 黃文達, 媠無十全，䆀無加圇, in 教育部電子報
  Tē-it ê kóng sī-sè chiok bô-êng, cha-po͘--ê chò lu̍t-su, cha-bó͘--ê chò lêng-chi ê tōa-bē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The first one said that her children are quite busy; the boy is a lawyer, and the girl is a reishi wholesaler
(Teochew, euphemistic) female prostitute

Usage notes

Often code-mixed into Malaysian and Singaporean Mandarin, as demonstrated by the quotations.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女人 (“woman”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		女子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人
Mandarin	Beijing	女的, 娘們兒
	Taiwan	女生
	Jinan	女人, 女的, 娘們兒
	Xi'an	女人, 女的
	Wuhan	女的, 女將, 姑娘婆婆
	Chengdu	女的, 女人, 婆娘
	Yangzhou	女人家
	Hefei	女的, 奶奶們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女人, 婆乸
	Hong Kong	女人, 婆乸
	Yangjiang	妹仔, 夫娘
Gan	Nanchang	女人, 女個
Hakka	Meixian	女個, 婦人家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Dongshi (Dabu)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	妹子人, 夫娘人
Jin	Taiyuan	女人, 女的
Min Bei	Jian'ou	阿娘人, 婦女人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	諸娘人, 女界
	Fuqing	諸娘人
	Gutian	諸娘人
	Fu'an	諸娘人
	Ningde	做母
	Shouning	諸母人
	Fuding	諸母人
	Matsu	諸娘
Min Nan	Xiamen	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Quanzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Zhangzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Taipei	查某, 查某人, 婦人人
	Penang	查某
	Singapore	查某, 查某人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Philippines (Manila)	查某, 查某人
	Chaozhou	諸娘
	Shantou	諸娘
	Haifeng	查𡚸人
	Haikou	妰娝, 婆姩 middle-aged and elderly, 婆姩人 middle-aged and elderly
	Leizhou	妰娝
Wu	Suzhou	女人
Wu	Wenzhou	女嘅, 老人客
Xiang	Changsha	女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們
Xiang	Shuangfeng	女人家, 堂客們

Antonyms

查埔 (cha-po͘, “man”)

Derived terms

三八查某
人厝查某仔
刺查某
剾查某／𠛅查某
外家查某孫／外家查某孙
外查某孫／外查某孙
嫁查某囝
嫁查某囝
惹熊惹虎，毋通惹著刺查某
查埔囝得田園，查某囝得嫁粧／查埔囝得田园，查某囝得嫁妆
查埔囝得田園，查某囝得嫁粧／查埔囝得田园，查某囝得嫁妆
查某𡢃
查某𡢃仔
查某人
查某仔
查某公
查某囝
查某囝教老母斷臍／查某囝教老母断脐
查某囡仔
查某嬰／查某婴
查某孫／查某孙
查某孫仔／查某孙仔
查某孫間／查某孙间

查某楔
查某祖
查某神
查某船仔
查某間／查某间
查某雨
查某體／查某体
查某鬼仔
死查某
死查某鬼仔
烏查某／乌查某
老查某
花間仔查某／花间仔查某
菜店查某
趁食查某
踅查某
踅查某孫間／踅查某孙间
開查某／开查某
間仔底查某／间仔底查某
間仔查某／间仔查某
間底查某／间底查某
飼查某／饲查某

Descendants

→ English: zha bo
→ Indonesian: cabo (“prostitute; whore”)

References

劉建仁 (2011-02-04), “查某•諸母（tsa-bɔˋ）──女人”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2015-10-24
“Entry #5111”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
“臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #303”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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