乸

乸	U+4E78, 乸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E78

Translingual

Han character

乸 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心木田卜戈 (PDWYI), four-corner 4771₅, composition ⿺也母)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 84, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2382, character 4
Unihan data for U+4E78

Chinese

trad.		乸
simp. ^#		乸

Etymology

Probably a dialectal form of 女 (OC *naʔ, “woman; female”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, Li (1990) proposed that this may be a Tai substrate loan, related to Zhuang nax (“younger maternal uncle or aunt”), Thai น้า (náa) (which go back to Proto-Tai *naːꟲ (“mother's younger sibling”)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǎ (na³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naa²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): na²
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): na²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎ
  - Wade–Giles: na³
  - Yale: nǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naa
  - Palladius: на (na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naa²
  - Yale: ná
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: na²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: na²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿda⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: na²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ná
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /na⁵²/

Definitions

乸

(Cantonese) female animal
豬乸／猪乸 [Cantonese] ― zyu¹ naa² [Jyutping] ― sow

呢隻係公定係乸嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
呢只系公定系乸嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei¹ zek³ hai⁶ gung¹ ding⁶ hai⁶ naa² lai⁴ gaa³? [Jyutping]
Is this male or female?
(Cantonese, often derogatory) mother
(Cantonese, often derogatory) wife (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Cantonese) sissy; feminine; unmanly
乸型 [Cantonese] ― naa² jing⁴ [Jyutping] ― sissy
(Cantonese, figuratively, of instruments, tools, or connectors) female
(Cantonese, minced oath, vulgar) Euphemistic form of 撚 (lan²): freaking
黐乸線／黐乸线 [Cantonese] ― ci¹ naa² sin³ [Jyutping] ― freaking crazy

Compounds