花婆

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (花婆)		花	婆
simp. ^#(花婆)		花	婆

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pô / hoa-pô

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pô
  - Tâi-lô: hue-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'pooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pô
  - Tâi-lô: hua-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'pooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

Noun

花婆

(Southern Min, derogatory) female matchmaker
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) woman brothel-keeper of flower boats

Synonyms

(matchmaker):

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)

Derived terms

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