婆白

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (婆白)		婆	白
simp. #(婆白)		婆	白
anagram		白婆

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phò-pha̍k

  (Hailu, HRS): po pag^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): po² pag⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phò-pha̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: po^ˇ pag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: po² pag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰo¹¹ pʰak̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: po pag^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ pʰak²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: po² pag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰo¹¹ pʰak̚⁵/

Noun

婆白

1. (Hakka) great-great-grandmother (grandparent's grandmother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖母 (“great-great-grandmother (mother of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖母
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖母
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太嫲
	Taishan	阿卓
Hakka	Meixian	婆白, 阿白
	Xingning	婆白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆白
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	婆白
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	婆白
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	婆太太, 祖婆太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老太媽
Jin	Taiyuan	祖奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大媽

Coordinate terms

• 公白