歐巴桑

See also: 欧巴桑

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お婆(ばあ)さん (obāsan).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōubāsāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄙㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ baa¹ song¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ò-pa-sáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-bá-sáng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹eu-pa-saon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōubāsāng → ōubasāng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄙㄤ → ㄡ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄙㄤ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: oubåsang
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹-pa⁵-sang¹
    • Yale: ōu-ba-sāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou.basang
    • Palladius: оубасан (oubasan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ b̥ä² sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹ baa¹ song¹
    • Yale: āu bā sōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ baa¹ song¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ ba¹ song¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ò-pa-sáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: o^ˇ ba sang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o² ba⁴ sang³
    • Sinological IPA: /o¹¹ pa⁵⁵ saŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹eu-pa-saon
    • MiniDict: eu^平 pa saon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹eu-pa-saan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɤ⁵⁵ pa³³ sɑ̃²¹/

Noun

歐巴桑

1. (chiefly Taiwan) grandma; old woman

   • 一九四七年二月二七怹的警察用銃敲一个賣菸歐巴桑的頭 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一九四七年二月二七怹的警察用铳敲一个卖烟欧巴桑的头 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2007, Hey Kid (囡仔/Gín-á), Chang Jui-chuan (張睿銓)

     chi̍t-káu-sù-chhit nî jī-goe̍h jī-chhit in ê kéng-chhat ēng chhèng khà chi̍t-ê bē hun o͘-bá-sáng ê thâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     On February 27, 1947, their (Kuomintang) police pistol-whipped an old lady selling cigarettes [on the head]

Coordinate terms

• 歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (ōujísāng)

Descendants

• → Mandarin: OBS (ōubāsāng) (Taiwanese slang from Hokkien)