細婆

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (細婆)		細	婆
simp. (细婆)		细	婆

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ po^4-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): se-phò

(Hailu, HRS): se^ˇ po
Eastern Min (BUC): sá̤-bò̤
Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): se⁴ bo²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ po^4-2
  - Yale: sai pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ po^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: se-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: se po^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: se⁴ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /se⁵⁵ pʰo¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: se^ˇ po
  - Sinological IPA: /se¹¹ pʰo⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sá̤-bò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βo⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁴ bo² [Phonetic: se⁴ o²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍-beó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁴² ^(p-)o¹³/

Noun

細婆

(Cantonese, Hakka, Eastern and Putian Puxian Min) concubine
(Hakka) concubine of one's paternal grandfather

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾, 偏房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒, 屋兒裡人
	Taiwan	小老婆, 姨太太
	Harbin	小老婆
	Singapore	小老婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小老婆兒, 小婆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小老婆兒
	Wanrong	小婆子
	Xi'an	小婆子, 小
	Xuzhou	小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小老婆, 小
	Lanzhou	小老婆
	Ürümqi	小老婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小老婆, 小婆子
	Wuhan	小堂客, 小, 姨太太
	Guiyang	小婆娘, 姨太太
	Liuzhou	小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細婆, 妾侍
	Hong Kong	細婆, 妾侍
	Dongguan	細婆
Gan	Nanchang	小老婆, 小
	Lichuan	小婆
	Pingxiang	小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka	Meixian	小婆
	Yudu	小老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	細姐
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	細姐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細姆, 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細姆
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	細姨, 細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
Huizhou	Jixi	細老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
Jin	Xinzhou	小婆子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐 face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細姨
	Quanzhou	細姨
	Jinjiang	細姨
	Yongchun	細姨
	Zhangzhou	細姨
	Taipei	細姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細姨
	Kaohsiung	細姨
	Yilan	細姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細姨
	Taichung	細姨
	Tainan	細姨
	Hsinchu	細姨
	Kinmen	細姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細姨
	Chaozhou	姨囝
	Leizhou	細娘
	Haikou	細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Puxian Min	Putian	阿娌, 阿姐 regional, 細婆, 細某, 德配
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿娌, 細某, 德配
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細婆
Wu	Shanghai	小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
	Suzhou	小老媽
	Danyang	小老媽
	Hangzhou	小老婆
	Ningbo	小老𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒
	Jinhua	小老婆, 小婆
Xiang	Changsha	小婆子, 小堂客
	Loudi	小
	Hengyang	妾婆子

References

“Entry #14357”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “细婆”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 470.