# 媌母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ-bú / bâ-bó
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-bú
*** Tâi-lô: bâ-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ba'buo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ba²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ba²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-bó
*** Tâi-lô: bâ-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ba'boir
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³⁻²² bo⁵³/

### Noun

媌母
* (Southern Min) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) mother (used by fathers to their children)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴇母, 老鴇, 老鴇子, 鴇兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老鴇, 鴇母 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老媽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 龜婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 龜頭兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 龜婆, 媽媽生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 雞頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 龜婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 龜婆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 龜婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 契婆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 雞婆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 索頭婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老媽子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老娼頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老娼頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老娼頭 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老娼頭 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老娼頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鴇 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老媽子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依大, 依大頭, 依厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媌母, 媌頭, 婊頭, 老媌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媌母, 婊頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媌母, 媌頭, 老媌, 雞母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 老娼個 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 婊頭, 媌頭, 媌母, 老娼 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 老娼頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏龜婆, 媌頭 dated |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 龜婆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 龜婆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 雞婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老鴇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老鴇 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鴇兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老鴇, 王婆 |