紅毛婆

Chinese

		red hair	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (紅毛婆)		紅毛	婆
simp. (红毛婆)		红毛	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngmáopó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ mou⁴ po^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmáopó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmáopó
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-mao²-pʻo²
    • Yale: húng-máu-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmaupor
    • Palladius: хунмаопо (xunmaopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ mou⁴ po^4-2
    • Yale: hùhng mòuh pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ mou⁴ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mou⁴ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

紅毛婆

1. white woman
   • 1972 May 23, “「武細佬」生性好急　「太極王」大搖其頭”, in 新明日報 [Shin Min Daily News]‎^[1]:

     佢嘅心眼大到點呢？人地搵老婆，搵個同族㗎嘛，佢搵老婆居然搵到「紅毛婆」身上。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢嘅心眼大到点呢？人地揾老婆，揾个同族㗎嘛，佢揾老婆居然揾到「红毛婆」身上。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     keoi⁵ ge³ sam¹ ngaan⁵ daai⁶ dou³ dim² ne¹? jan⁴ dei⁶ wan² lou⁵ po⁴, wan² go³ tung⁴ zuk⁶ gaa³ maa³, keoi⁵ wan² lou⁵ po⁴ geoi¹ jin⁴ wan² dou^3-2 “hung⁴ mou⁴ po^4-2” san¹ soeng⁶. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

• 鬼婆 (guǐpó)