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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
番仔婆
- (Mainland China Hokkien) foreign woman (especially natives of Southeast Asia)
- (Jinjiang Hokkien) foreign wife of overseas Chinese
- (Philippine Hokkien, literal) native non-Chinese woman
- 𤆬番仔婆 [Philippine Hokkien] ― chhōa hoan-á-pô [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to marry a native woman as wife
- (Philippine Hokkien) local domestic maid; local nanny; local caretaker; local nursemaid
- 倩番仔婆 [Philippine Hokkien] ― chhiàⁿ hoan-á-pô [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to hire a local domestic nursemaid
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 番婆 (hoan-pô), 番婆仔 (hoan-pô-á) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- (local domestic maid): (Hokkien) 查某𡢃／查某㛠 (cha-bó͘-kán)
Further reading
- Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN