虎母
Chinese
| tiger | female; mother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (虎母) | 虎 | 母 | |
| simp. #(虎母) | 虎 | 母 | |
| anagram | 母虎 | ||
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou3 bo3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-bú / hó͘-bó
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hou3 bo3 [Phonetic: hou5 o3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hô-beô
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (p-)o⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hou3 bo3 [Phonetic: hou5 wo3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔu³³²⁻²¹ (p-)βo³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Yongchun)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-bú
- Tâi-lô: hóo-bú
- Phofsit Daibuun: hofbuo
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-bó
- Tâi-lô: hóo-bó
- Phofsit Daibuun: hofboir
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Yongchun)
Noun
虎母
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 母老虎 (“tigress”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 潑婦 (“shrew; vixen; termagant”) [map]
Derived terms
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “虎母”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 281.