番仔婆

Chinese

		foreigner; Westerner	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (番仔婆)		番仔	婆
simp. ^#(番仔婆)		番仔	婆

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-á-pô

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-pô
  - Tâi-lô: huan-á-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'afpooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /huan³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴/

Noun

番仔婆

(Southern Min) foreign woman (especially natives of Southeast Asia)
(Jinjiang Hokkien) foreign wife of overseas Chinese
(Philippine Hokkien) local domestic maid; local nanny; local caretaker; local nursemaid

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 番婆 (hoan-pô)
(local domestic maid): (Hokkien) 查某𡢃／查某㛠 (cha-bó͘-kán)

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