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歐巴桑

歐巴桑

See also: 欧巴桑

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (歐巴桑)		歐	巴	桑
simp. (欧巴桑)		欧	巴	桑

Noun

歐巴桑

(Taiwan) grandma; old woman

Antonyms

歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (ōujísāng)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese おばさん ‎(obasan).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ōubāsāng

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄅㄚㄙㄤ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ò-pa-sáng
Min Nan (POJ): o͘-bá-sáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ōubāsāng → ōubasāng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄅㄚㄙㄤ → ㄡㄅㄚ˙ ㄙㄤ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou.basang
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pa̠⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ b̥a̠² sɑŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ò-pa-sáng
  - Hakka Romanization System: oˇ ba sang`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: o² ba⁴ sang³
  - IPA: /o¹¹ pa⁵⁵ saŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-bá-sáng
  - Tâi-lô: oo-bá-sáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'bafsarng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ ba⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ saŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ba⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁴¹/