Chinese

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soup; hot water grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (湯婆)
simp. (汤婆)
 

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湯婆

  1. (archaic or dialectal) hot water bottle

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (湯婆):
  • Japanese: 湯婆(とうば) (tōba)

Others:

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3
ほ > ぽ
Grade: S
tōon

From a later borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆汤婆 (tāngpó).

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Noun

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(たん)() (tanpo

  1. a hot water bottle
  2. (Kansai) a tall kettle used to heat sake
    Synonym: 銚釐 (chirori)
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
goon

/tauba//tɔːba//toːba/

From an earlier borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆汤婆 (tāngpó).

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Noun

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(とう)() (tōbaたうば (tauba)?

  1. a hot water bottle

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN