老婆仔

Chinese

		wife; maidservant	diminutive suffix
trad. (老婆仔)		老婆	仔
simp. #(老婆仔)		老婆	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ po⁴ zai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-pô-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ po⁴ zai²
    • Yale: lóuh pòh jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ po⁴ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ po⁴ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pô-á
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-pô-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpoi'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ po²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

老婆仔

1. (Cantonese, endearing) (young) wife or steady girlfriend (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) maidservant; amah

Synonyms

• (maidservant): 老媽子／老妈子 (lǎomāzi)

Derived terms

• 翁親某親，老婆仔拋捙輪／翁亲某亲，老婆仔抛捙轮