湯婆

Chinese

		soup; hot water	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (湯婆)		湯	婆
simp. (汤婆)		汤	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāngpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤ ㄆㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāngpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tangpó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: tāng-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tangpor
    • Palladius: танпо (tanpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

Noun

湯婆

1. (archaic or dialectal) hot water bottle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 湯壺 (“hot water bottle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		湯壺, 暖壺
Mandarin	Harbin	水鱉
	Yantai (Muping)	水鱉子
	Jinan	熨壺, 燙壺
	Luoyang	湯壺, 暖壺
	Xi'an	暖壺
	Xining	湯婆子, 湯瓶
	Chengdu	湯婆子, 燙壺
	Guiyang	湯婆子
	Liuzhou	湯婆子, 湯壺
	Yangzhou	湯壺, 湯捂子
	Nanjing	湯壺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	暖婆
Gan	Nanchang	湯婆子
	Lichuan	湯婆
	Pingxiang	暖壺
Hakka	Meixian	暖壺
	Yudu	暖壺
Jin	Taiyuan	水鱉兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	湯壺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	湯壺
Southern Min	Xiamen	燒水壺, 水鱉, 水龜
	Quanzhou	水龜
	Zhangzhou	水龜
Wu	Shanghai	湯婆子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	湯婆子
	Suzhou	湯婆子
	Danyang	湯婆子, 燙婆子
	Hangzhou	湯婆子
	Wenzhou	湯壺
	Jinhua	湯壺
Xiang	Changsha	湯壺人
	Loudi	湯婆子, 燙壺

Derived terms

• 湯婆子／汤婆子 (tāngpózi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (湯婆):

• → Japanese: 湯婆(とうば) (tōba)

Others:

• Japanese: 湯婆 (tanpo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
湯	婆
たん Grade: 3	ほ > ぽ Grade: S
tōon

From a later borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆／汤婆 (tāngpó).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​んぽ [táꜜǹpò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠mpo̞]

Noun

湯(たん)婆(ぽ) • (tanpo) 

1. a hot water bottle
2. (Kansai) a tall kettle used to heat sake

   Synonym: 銚釐 (chirori)

Derived terms

• 湯(たん)婆(ぽ)酒(ざけ) (tanpozake)
• 燗(かん)湯(たん)婆(ぽ) (kan tanpo)
• 心(こころ)得(え)湯(たん)婆(ぽ) (kokoroe tanpo)
• 湯(ゆ)たんぽ (yutanpo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
湯	婆
とう Grade: 3	ば Grade: S
goon

/tauba/ → /tɔːba/ → /toːba/

From an earlier borrowing of Mandarin 湯婆／汤婆 (tāngpó).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​ーば [tóꜜòbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːba̠]

Noun

湯(とう)婆(ば) • (tōba) ^{←たうば (tauba)?}

1. a hot water bottle