龜婆

Chinese
tortoise; turtle grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (龜婆) 龜 婆
simp. (龟婆) 龟 婆

Pronunciation

Noun

龜婆

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Liuzhou Mandarin) procuress; female brothel-keeper

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鴇母, 老鴇, 老鴇子, 鴇兒
Mandarin Taiwan 老鴇, 鴇母
Liuzhou 龜婆
Xuzhou 老媽子
Nanjing 龜頭兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 龜婆
Hong Kong 龜婆, 媽媽生
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 龜婆
Macau 雞婆
Guangzhou (Panyu) 龜婆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 龜婆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 龜婆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 龜婆
Foshan 龜婆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 龜婆
Foshan (Shunde) 雞婆
Foshan (Sanshui) 龜婆
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 龜婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 雞婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 雞婆
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 龜婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 龜婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 龜婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 龜婆
Taishan 雞頭
Kaiping (Chikan) 龜婆
Enping (Niujiang) 龜婆
Heshan (Yayao) 龜婆
Dongguan 老舉頭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉頭
Hakka Meixian 龜婆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 龜婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老舉頭
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 契婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 雞婆
Conghua (Lütian) 索頭婆
Yudu 老媽子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老娼頭
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 老娼頭
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 老娼頭
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 老娼頭
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 老娼頭
Jin Taiyuan 老鴇
Xinzhou 老媽子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依大, 依大頭, 依厝
Southern Min Xiamen 媌母, 媌頭, 婊頭, 老媌
Quanzhou 媌母, 婊頭
Zhangzhou 媌母, 媌頭, 老媌, 雞母
New Taipei (Tamsui) 老娼個
New Taipei (Pingxi) 老娼頭
Kaohsiung 老娼頭
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 老娼頭
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 老娼頭
Yilan (Toucheng) 老娼頭
Tainan 婊頭, 媌頭, 媌母, 老娼
Tainan (Anping) 老娼頭
Penghu (Xiyu) 老娼頭
Singapore (Hokkien) 烏龜婆, 媌頭 dated
Leizhou 龜婆
Haikou 龜婆
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 雞婆
Wu Shanghai 老鴇
Suzhou 老鴇
Hangzhou 鴇兒
Ningbo 老鴇, 王婆

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