鴇母

Chinese

		Chinese bustard; procuress	female; mother
trad. (鴇母)		鴇	母
simp. (鸨母)		鸨	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎomǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎomǔ [Phonetic: báomǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎomǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-mu³
    • Yale: bǎu-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baomuu
    • Palladius: баому (baomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 保姆 保母

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou² mou⁵
    • Yale: bóu móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 保姆 保母

Noun

鴇母

1. (dated) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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