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雞婆

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Chinese

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fowl; chicken grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (雞婆/鷄婆) /
simp. (鸡婆)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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雞婆

  1. (Central Plains, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Hui, dialectal Wu, Xiang) hen
  2. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) procuress
  3. (dialectal) prostitute
  4. (slang, originally Taiwanese Hokkien 家婆) nosy person; busybody

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