釣女

Chinese

		to fish with a hook and bait	female; woman; daughter
trad. (釣女)		釣	女
simp. (钓女)		钓	女

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): diên³ ni² / dion³ ni²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diên³ ni² / dion³ ni²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tièⁿ ní / tiòⁿ ní
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵²/, /tĩõ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

• diên3 ni2 - Chaozhou;
• dion3 ni2 - Shantou.

Verb

釣女

1. (Teochew) to chase after girls; to pick up girls

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泡妞 (“to pick up a girl; to chase after a girl; to hit on a girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	泡妞, 拍婆子 dated
	Taiwan	泡妞, 泡馬子, 撩妹, 把妹, 把馬子
	Singapore	泡妞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	溝女
	Hong Kong	溝女, 𠝹女, yo女
Southern Min	Taipei	奅查某 GT, 奅姼仔 GT
	Shantou	釣女
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)