依大

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (依大)		依	大

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): ĭ-duâi

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ-duâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)luɑi²⁴²/

Noun

依大

(Eastern Min, 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	老鴇, 鴇母
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	老媽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	龜婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	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, Xiangzhou)	雞婆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Jin	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雞婆
Wu	Shanghai	老鴇
	Suzhou	老鴇
	Hangzhou	鴇兒
	Ningbo	老鴇, 王婆