湯婆

Chinese

soup; hot water grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (湯婆)
simp. (汤婆)

Pronunciation


Noun

湯婆

  1. (archaic or dialectal) hot water bottle

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (湯婆):
  • Japanese: 湯婆(とうば) (tōba)

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3
ほ > ぽ
Grade: S
tōon

From a later borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆汤婆 (tāngpó).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)() • (tanpo) 

  1. a hot water bottle
  2. (Kansai) a tall kettle used to heat sake
    Synonym: 銚釐 (chirori)
Derived terms
  • (たん)()(ざけ) (tanpozake)
  • (かん)(たん)() (kan tanpo)
  • (こころ)()(たん)() (kokoroe tanpo)
  • ()たんぽ (yutanpo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
goon

/tauba//tɔːba//toːba/

From an earlier borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆汤婆 (tāngpó).

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)() • (tōba) たうば (tauba)?

  1. a hot water bottle

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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