查某

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Tu (2018) suggests the compound is from 諸母.

Pronunciation

Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): cha-bó͘ / cha-béu

(Teochew, Peng'im): za¹ bhou² / za¹ mou²

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Hui'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha-bó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsa-bóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: za'bor
  - IPA (Hui'an): /t͡sa³³ bɔ⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sa³³ bɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁴²/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sa³³⁻²¹ bɔ⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Changtai)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha-béu
  - Tâi-lô: tsa-béu
  - IPA (Changtai): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² beu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: za¹ bhou² / za¹ mou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa bóu / tsa móu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³⁻²³ bou⁵²/, /t͡sa³³⁻²³ mou⁵²/

Note: za1 mou2 - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.

Noun

查某

(Min Nan) woman; girl
- 人人都認識了我老查某。 [MSC, trad.]
  人人都认识了我老查某。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2007 October 4, Seow Hong Koon, Laozhabor's Rap (老查某 MV)
  Rénrén dōu rènshí le wǒ Lǎo Cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]
  Everyone knows me, Lao Zha Bor (old woman).
- 我是馬來西亞的查某。 [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]
  我是马来西亚的查某。 [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2014 May 23, Joyce Chu, Malaysia Chabor
  Wǒ shì Malaysia de cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]
  I’m a true Malaysian girl.
- 第一个講序細足無閒，查埔的做律師，查某的做靈芝的大賣 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  第一个讲序细足无闲，查埔的做律师，查某的做灵芝的大卖 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2017 July 20, 黃文達, 媠無十全，䆀無加圇, in 教育部電子報
  Tē-it ê kóng sī-sè chiok bô-êng, cha-po͘--ê chò lu̍t-su, cha-bó͘--ê chò lêng-chi ê tōa-bē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The first one said that her children are quite busy; the boy is a lawyer, and the girl is a reishi wholesaler
(Teochew, euphemistic) female prostitute

Usage notes

Often code-mixed into Malaysian and Singaporean Mandarin, as demonstrated by the quotations.

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms

查埔 (“man”)

Derived terms

三八查某
人厝查某仔
刺查某
剾查某／𠛅查某
外家查某孫／外家查某孙
外查某孫／外查某孙
嫁查某囝
惹熊惹虎，毋通惹著刺查某
查埔囝得田園，查某囝得嫁粧／查埔囝得田园，查某囝得嫁妆
查埔囝得田園，查某囝得嫁粧／查埔囝得田园，查某囝得嫁妆
查某人
查某仔
查某公
查某囝
查某囡仔
查某囝教老母斷臍／查某囝教老母断脐
查某𡢃／查某㛠
查某𡢃仔／查某㛠仔
查某嬰／查某婴
查某孫／查某孙
查某孫仔／查某孙仔
查某孫間／查某孙间
查某楔
查某瘋／查某疯
查某神
查某祖
查某船仔
查某間／查某间
查某雨
查某體／查某体
查某鬼仔
死查某
死查某鬼仔
烏查某／乌查某
老查某
花間仔查某／花间仔查某
菜店查某
趁食查某
踅查某
踅查某孫間／踅查某孙间
間仔底查某／间仔底查某
間仔查某／间仔查某
間底查某／间底查某
開查某／开查某
飼查某／饲查某

Descendants

→ English: zha bo
→ English: chabor
→ Indonesian: cabo (“prostitute; whore”)

References

劉建仁 (2011-02-04), “查某•諸母（tsa-bɔˋ）──女人”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2015-10-24
“Entry #5111”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
“(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.

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