雞婆

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Chinese

fowl; chicken grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (雞婆/鷄婆) /
simp. (鸡婆)

Pronunciation


Noun

雞婆

  1. (Central Plains, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Hui, dialectal Wu, Xiang) hen
  2. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) procuress
  3. (dialectal) prostitute
  4. (slang, originally Taiwanese Hokkien 家婆) nosy person; busybody

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