北姑

Chinese

		north	paternal aunt
trad. (北姑)		北	姑
simp. ^#(北姑)		北	姑
Literally: “northern women”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běigū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běigū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běigu
  - Wade–Giles: pei³-ku¹
  - Yale: běi-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeigu
  - Palladius: бэйгу (bɛjgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gu¹
  - Yale: bāk gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Noun

北姑

(Mainland China Cantonese) middle-aged female Northerner
(chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, derogatory, offensive) prostitute from Mainland China

Coordinate terms

(prostitute from Mainland China): 陀地 (“prostitute from Hong Kong”)

Derived terms

北姑雞／北姑鸡

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