接生婆

Chinese

		to deliver a newborn child; to practice midwifery	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (接生婆)		接生	婆
simp. #(接生婆)		接生	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiēshēngpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie² sen¹ po²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ saang¹ po^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiap-sên-phò
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zih⁴ sên¹ pua⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēshēngpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jieshengpó
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-shêng¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: jyē-shēng-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieshengpor
    • Palladius: цзешэнпо (czešɛnpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēshēngpór
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄕㄥ ㄆㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jieshengpór
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-shêng¹-pʻo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyē-shēng-pór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieshengporl
    • Palladius: цзешэнпор (czešɛnpor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie² sen¹ po²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giesenpo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹ sən⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zip³ saang¹ po^4-2
    • Yale: jip sāang pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ saang¹ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: jib³ sang¹ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³ saːŋ⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiap-sên-phò
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiab` sen´ poˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiab⁵ sen¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯ap̚² sen²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zih⁴ sên¹ pua⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsih seⁿ phuâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²⁻⁴ sẽ³³⁻²³ pʰua⁵⁵/

Noun

接生婆

1. (colloquial) midwife (female only)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 助產士 (“midwife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		穩婆, 產婆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		助產士
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥
	Harbin	老牛婆, 老娘婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	接生婆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	收生婆, 老娘婆
	Wanrong	接生員, 拾娃的
	Xi'an	包娃的
	Xuzhou	收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老娘婆
	Lanzhou	老娘婆
	Ürümqi	接生婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	接生婆, 撿生婆
	Wuhan	撿生婆
	Guiyang	撿生奶, 接生奶
	Liuzhou	收生婆, 接生婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	接生婆, 姥姥
	Yangzhou	收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	執媽, 執仔婆
	Hong Kong	執媽, 執仔婆
	Taishan	伴生婆
	Dongguan	執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆
Gan	Nanchang	阿婆
	Lichuan	撿伢崽娘
	Pingxiang	接生娘
Hakka	Meixian	看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	產婆, 接生婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	輕身婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	產婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	產婆, 助產士
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	產婆, 接生婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	產婆
Huizhou	Jixi	接生婆
Jin	Taiyuan	老娘婆
	Xinzhou	收生婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拾洗奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拾囝婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older, 抾囝姆 dated, older
	Quanzhou	抾囝母, 先生媽
	Zhangzhou	抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older
	Taipei	產婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	產婆
	Kaohsiung	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Yilan	產婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	產婆
	Taichung	產婆
	Tainan	助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
	Hsinchu	產婆
	Kinmen	產婆
	Penghu (Magong)	產婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	抾囝母
	Haikou	生囝婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	接生婆
Wu	Shanghai	助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老娘婆
	Suzhou	老娘
	Danyang	收生婆, 接生格
	Hangzhou	收生婆
	Ningbo	接生老娘, 接生婆
	Wenzhou	洗生婆
	Jinhua	接生娘, 洗生娘
Xiang	Changsha	接生婆
	Loudi	收生婆, 接生員
Note	Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.