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Translingual
Han character
娼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女日日 (VAA), four-corner 46460, composition ⿰女昌)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6376
- Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5A3C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 昌
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 倡
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*tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
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| 猖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 菖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 閶
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 鯧
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 裮
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 琩
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 唱
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*tʰjaŋs
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Etymology
From 倡 (OC *tʰjaŋ, “performer”). Cognate with 唱 (OC *tʰjaŋs, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
娼
- prostitute
- (historical) female performer of song and dance
- Synonym: 妓
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
妓女 (“female prostitute”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
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| Taiwan
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妓女, 婊子
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| Harbin
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婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
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| Malaysia
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雞
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| Singapore
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妓女, 雞
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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窯姐
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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婊子, 賣窯子的
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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窯子
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| Xining
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馬班子
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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婊子, 娼婦
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| Lanzhou
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婊子, 窯子
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| Ürümqi
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婊子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
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| Wuhan
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婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
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| Guiyang
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婊子, 娼妓
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| Kunming
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爛使, 皮旦
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| Liuzhou
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老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
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| Dagudi (Maliba)
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賣屄人
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| Reshuitang (Longling)
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賣屄人
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| Mae Salong (Lancang)
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妓女, 賣屄婆
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| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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賣屄人
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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婊子
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| Yangzhou
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婊子, 姑娘 dated
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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老舉, 野雞, 雞
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| Hong Kong
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妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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老舉
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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老舉
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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老舉
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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老舉
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| Macau
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老舉, 雞
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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老舉
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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老舉
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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老舉
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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老舉
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| Foshan
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老舉
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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老舉
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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老舉
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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老舉
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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老舉
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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老舉
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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老舉
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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老舉
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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老舉, 雞
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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老舉, 雞
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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老舉, 雞
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| Taishan
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老舉, 妓女, 雞
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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老舉, 雞
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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老舉, 雞
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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老舉
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| Dongguan
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老舉, 妓女, 雞
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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老舉
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| Xinyi
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老舉
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| Nanning
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老妓
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| Rongxian
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雞
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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老舉婆
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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老契
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| Guiping
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老舉
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| Guiping (Mule)
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雞
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| Pingnan
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雞
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| Guigang (Gangcheng)
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老舉, 雞
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| Guigang (Pingdong)
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老舉
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| Beihai
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老舉
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| Beihai (Nankang)
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老舉
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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老舉婆
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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老舉, 雞婆
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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老舉
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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雞婆
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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妓女, 老舉, 雞
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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雞
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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老舉
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| Móng Cái
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老舉
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| Yangon (Taishan)
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妓女, 老舉, 雞
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| Mandalay (Taishan)
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女妓
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| Bangkok (Guangfu)
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老舉, 雞
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| Betong (Rongxian)
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雞
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
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| Lichuan
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婊子
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| Pingxiang
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婊子
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
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| Xingning
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婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
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| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
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| Huiyang
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老舉
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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老舉嫲
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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老舉嫲
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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老舉
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| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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老舉嫲
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
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雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
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| Wuhua (Changbu)
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老舉嫲
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| Wuhua (Mianyang)
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雞婆, 老舉嫲
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| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
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老舉
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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老舉
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| Changting
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鴨子
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| Yudu
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婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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賺食嫲
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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菜店嫲
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| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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菜店嫲
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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賺食嫲
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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賺食嫲
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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賺食嫲
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
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| Hong Kong
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老舉嫲
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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老舉, 雞
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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婊子, 賣屄貨
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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婊子, 窯子裡的
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| Xinzhou
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婊子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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妓嫲
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| Jianyang
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妓嫲
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| Wuyishan
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婊子
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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白面, 白面哥
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| Fuzhou (Changle)
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白面哥
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| Fuqing
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婊
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| Yongtai
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白面
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| Gutian
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做婊子
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| Fu'an
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白面
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| Ningde
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白面
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| Shouning
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婊囝
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| Zhouning
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婊囝
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| Fuding
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花娘
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| Matsu
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白面
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
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| Quanzhou
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婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
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| Zhangzhou
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婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
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| Taipei
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Taipei (Wanhua)
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趁食查某
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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趁食查某, 豆菜底
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
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趁食查某
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| Kaohsiung
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菜店查某, 趁食查某
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
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| Yilan
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菜店查某, 趁食查某
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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趁食查某
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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趁食查某
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| Taichung
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趁食查某
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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趁食查某
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| Tainan
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豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
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| Tainan (Anping)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
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| Taitung
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趁食查某
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| Hsinchu
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趁食查某
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| Kinmen
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趁食查某, 相楗的
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| Penghu (Magong)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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歹查某, 雞
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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老妓
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| Chaozhou
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娼, 雞
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| Shantou
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花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
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| Jieyang
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雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
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| Haifeng
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雞, 查某娼
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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妓女, 雞
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| Chiang Mai (Teochew)
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老衍
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| Hat Yai (Teochew)
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妓女
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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妓女
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| Leizhou
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娘
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| Haikou
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娘囝, 娘
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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貨𨈘
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| Xianyou
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貨𨈘
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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老舉
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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老妓婆, 婊子婆
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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婊子, 野雞
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| Suzhou
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婊子, 妓女
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| Danyang
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婊子
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| Hangzhou
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婊子, 妓女
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| Ningbo
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花佬, 婊子
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| Wenzhou
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大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
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| Jinhua
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賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
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| Loudi
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婊子, 娼婦
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| Quanzhou
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妓女
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
娼
(Hyōgai kanji)
- prostitution
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 娼. Recorded as Middle Korean 챠ᇰ (chyang) (Yale: chyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
娼 (eumhun 창녀 창 (changnyeo chang))
- hanja form? of 창 (“prostitute”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
娼: Hán Nôm readings: xướng
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