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事頭婆
事頭婆
See also: 事头婆
Chinese
| grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (事頭婆) | 事頭 | 婆 | |
| simp. (事头婆) | 事头 | 婆 | |
Noun
事頭婆
- (Cantonese) proprietress, boss's wife, a female boss
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) Queen of England
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 老闆娘 (“proprietress”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老闆娘 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 老闆娘 |
| Taiwan | 老闆娘 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事頭婆、老闆娘 |
| Hong Kong | 事頭婆、老闆娘 | |
| Taishan | 事頭婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老闆娘、老闆娘子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭家娘 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 頭家娘 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 頭家娘 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 頭家娘 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 頭家娘 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 頭家娘 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老闆娘、女掌櫃、女掌櫃的 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老闆嫂 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 頭家娘 |
| Xiamen | 頭家娘 | |
| Zhangzhou | 頭家娘 | |
| Taipei | 頭家娘 | |
| Kaohsiung | 頭家娘 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老闆娘、老闆娘娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老闆娘 |