老鴇

See also: 老鸨

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Chinese bustard; procuress
trad. (老鴇)		老	鴇
simp. (老鸨)		老	鸨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bou²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobǎo [Phonetic: láobǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pao³
    • Yale: lǎu-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobao
    • Palladius: лаобао (laobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ bou²
    • Yale: lóuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ pou̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-pau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 pau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² pɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

老鴇

1. procuress; female brothel-keeper; female pimp

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴇母, 老鴇, 老鴇子, 鴇兒
Mandarin	Taiwan	老鴇, 鴇母
	Liuzhou	龜婆
	Xuzhou	老媽子
	Nanjing	龜頭兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龜婆
	Hong Kong	龜婆, 媽媽生
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	龜婆
	Macau	雞婆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	龜婆
	Foshan	龜婆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龜婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	雞婆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	龜婆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龜婆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雞婆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雞婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	龜婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	龜婆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	龜婆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	龜婆
	Taishan	雞頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	龜婆
	Enping (Niujiang)	龜婆
	Heshan (Yayao)	龜婆
	Dongguan	老舉頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉頭
Hakka	Meixian	龜婆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	龜婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	契婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雞婆
	Conghua (Lütian)	索頭婆
	Yudu	老媽子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
Jin	Taiyuan	老鴇
	Xinzhou	老媽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依大, 依大頭, 依厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	媌母, 媌頭, 婊頭, 老媌
	Quanzhou	媌母, 婊頭
	Zhangzhou	媌母, 媌頭, 老媌, 雞母
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	老娼個
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	老娼頭
	Yilan (Toucheng)	老娼頭
	Tainan	婊頭, 媌頭, 媌母, 老娼
	Tainan (Anping)	老娼頭
	Penghu (Xiyu)	老娼頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏龜婆, 媌頭 dated
	Leizhou	龜婆
	Haikou	龜婆
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	雞婆
Wu	Shanghai	老鴇
	Suzhou	老鴇
	Hangzhou	鴇兒
	Ningbo	老鴇, 王婆

See also

• 龜公／龟公 (guīgōng)