番婆

Chinese[edit]

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (番婆)		番	婆
simp. ^#(番婆)		番	婆

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ po⁴
  - Yale: fāan pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ po⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huáing-bô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaiŋ⁵⁴ pɔ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-pô
  - Tâi-lô: huan-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoanpooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /huan³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

番婆

(Southern Min, dated in Northern Min) foreign woman (especially natives of Southeast Asia in Min Nan)
(Philippine Hokkien) local domestic maid; local nanny; local caretaker; local nursemaid
(Cantonese) white woman
番婆大肚——心懷鬼胎 [Cantonese, trad.]
番婆大肚——心怀鬼胎 [Cantonese, simp.]
faan¹ po⁴ daai⁶ tou⁵ — sam¹ waai⁴ gwai² toi¹ [Jyutping]
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- 1972 May 23, “「武細佬」生性好急　「太極王」大搖其頭”, in 新明日報 [Shin Min Daily News]‎^[1]:
  
  「『紅毛婆』夠性感，而且爽快，唔似我地嘅「黃面婆」[…]；我鍾意番婆。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
  「『红毛婆』够性感，而且爽快，唔似我地嘅「黄面婆」[…]；我钟意番婆。」 [Cantonese, simp.]
  “‘hung⁴ mou⁴ po⁴’ gau³ sing³ gam², ji⁴ ce² song² faai³, m⁴ ci⁵ ngo⁵ dei⁶ ge³ “wong⁴ min⁶ po⁴” […]; ngo⁵ zung¹ ji³ faan¹ po⁴.” [Jyutping]
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