北姑

Chinese

		north	paternal aunt
trad. (北姑)		北	姑
simp. #(北姑)		北	姑
Literally: “northern women”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běigū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běigū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běigu
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-ku¹
    • Yale: běi-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeigu
    • Palladius: бэйгу (bɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gu¹
    • Yale: bāk gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Noun

北姑

1. (Mainland China Cantonese) middle-aged female Northerner
2. (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, derogatory, offensive) prostitute from Mainland China

Coordinate terms

• (prostitute from Mainland China): 陀地 (“prostitute from Hong Kong”)

Derived terms

• 北姑雞／北姑鸡