管家婆

Chinese

		housekeeper; butler; manager housekeeper; butler; manager; steward	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (管家婆)		管家	婆
simp. #(管家婆)		管家	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎnjiāpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² gaa¹ po⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koán-ke-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnjiāpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnjiapó
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-chia¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: gwǎn-jyā-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanjiapor
    • Palladius: гуаньцзяпо (guanʹczjapo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² gaa¹ po⁴
    • Yale: gún gā pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² gaa¹ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² ga¹ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-ke-pô
    • Tâi-lô: kuán-ke-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafnke'pooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/

Noun

管家婆

1. female housekeeper
2. (humorous) housewife
3. busybody