四眼婆
Chinese edit
four | eye | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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trad. (四眼婆) | 四 | 眼 | 婆 | |
simp. #(四眼婆) | 四 | 眼 | 婆 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
四眼婆
- (Cantonese, figurative) bespectacled woman; woman who wears glasses; four-eyes
- (dialectal Cantonese, Pinghua) pregnant woman
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Mandarin | Beijing | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 |
Taiwan | 四眼田雞 | |
Harbin | 四眼兒 | |
Xuzhou | 四眼兒, 四眼兒狗 pejorative | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 四眼佬 man, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼狗 pejorative |
Hong Kong | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼妹 girl, 四眼佬 man, 四眼婆 woman, 四眼龜 pejorative | |
Taishan | 四眼佬 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 四眼佬 | |
Dongguan | 四眼仔 boy, 四眼佬 man | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 四眼兒 |
Wu | Shanghai | 四眼田雞, 四眼狗 pejorative, 四隻眼 pejorative, 架樑 |