蝠婆

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Chinese

bat grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (蝠婆)
simp. #(蝠婆)
alternative forms 蝙婆
匹婆
蝙蝠

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Noun

蝠婆

  1. (Hakka, Teochew) bat (animal)

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References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “bat”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 18
  • Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “蝙蝠 (pît-pô̤)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 432