紅姨

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (紅姨)		紅	姨
simp. (红姨)		红	姨
alternative forms		尪姨

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âng-î

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-î
    • Tâi-lô: âng-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ang'ii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² i¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² i²⁴/

Noun

紅姨

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) witch; sorceress (offering obscure prayers for people as a profession)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巫婆 (“witch; sorceress”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巫婆, 女巫, 師婆, 師婆子
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	巫婆兒, 姑娘 young
	Jinan	神婆, 神媽媽
	Luoyang	神婆兒, 巫婆兒, 師婆兒
	Wanrong	神婆子
	Xi'an	神婆子
	Yinchuan	神婆子
	Xining	神娘娘
	Ürümqi	神婆子
	Chengdu	觀仙婆兒, 巫婆
	Guiyang	神婆
	Xuzhou	神嬤兒嬤兒
	Yangzhou	神婆子
	Nanjing	巫婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	神婆
	Hong Kong	巫婆
Gan	Pingxiang	巫婆
Jin	Taiyuan	神婆子
	Xinzhou	神婆子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	神媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	神姐, 神婆, 紅姨
	Quanzhou	神姐, 神婆
	Hui'an	揣神婆
	Zhangzhou	紅姨
	Haikou	神婆
Wu	Jinhua	巫三姑娘, 三姊妹, 三姑, 仙姑
Xiang	Changsha	巫婆