雞婆
Chinese
fowl; chicken | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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trad. (雞婆/鷄婆) | 雞/鷄 | 婆 | |
simp. (鸡婆) | 鸡 | 婆 |
Pronunciation
Noun
雞婆
- (Central Plains, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Hui, dialectal Wu, Xiang) hen
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) procuress
- (dialectal) prostitute
- (slang, originally Taiwanese Hokkien 家婆) nosy person; busybody
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 母雞 (“hen”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]
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