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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōubāsāng → ōubasāng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄅㄚㄙㄤ → ㄡ ˙ㄅㄚㄙㄤ (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

(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)