契家婆

Chinese

		contract	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (契家婆)		契	家	婆
simp. #(契家婆)		契	家	婆

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kai³ gaa¹ po^4-2

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): koi³ gaa¹ po⁴

• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): koi³ ge¹ bo⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ gaa¹ po^4-2
    • Yale: kai gā pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ gaa¹ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ ga¹ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ kaː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: koi³ gaa¹ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔi³² ka²¹³ pʰɔ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: koi³ ge¹ bo⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔi²¹⁻⁵⁵ kɛ³⁵⁻³³ pɔ²²/

Noun

契家婆

1. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) extramarital female lover of a married man

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姘婦, 情婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家婆
	Dongguan	契家婆, 情婦
Gan	Nanchang	野老婆
	Pingxiang	野老婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄婆, 婊婆
	Taipei	夥計
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	夥計
	Kaohsiung	夥計
	Yilan	夥計
	Changhua (Lukang)	夥計
	Taichung	夥計仔
	Tainan	夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT
	Hsinchu	夥計
	Kinmen	鬥頭
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥頭
	Leizhou	契家婆
Xiang	Changsha	野老婆
	Loudi	野老婆

Coordinate terms

• 契家佬