軟母

Chinese

		soft; flexible	female; mother
trad. (軟母)		軟	母
simp. (软母)		软	母

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nńg-bú / núi-bó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-bú
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngfbuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: núi-bó
    • Tâi-lô: nuí-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nuy'boir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

Noun

軟母

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢物
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窩囊廢, 廢物點心
	Harbin	窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子
	Singapore	飯桶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包
	Wanrong	膿包, 㞞包, 草包
	Xi'an	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶
	Xining	飯桶
	Xuzhou	儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶
	Ürümqi	窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	膿包, 飯桶
	Wuhan	飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子
	Guiyang	飯桶, 草包
	Liuzhou	膿包, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶
	Yangzhou	廢料, 飯桶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大泡和, 廢物
	Hong Kong	廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J
	Dongguan	廢忽丁
Gan	Pingxiang	膿包, 飯桶
Hakka	Meixian	蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous
	Yudu	膿包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯桶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯桶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯桶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯桶
Huizhou	Jixi	飯桶
Jin	Taiyuan	苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包
	Xinzhou	㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飯桶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飯桶, 廢人, 草包
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包
	Quanzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包
	Zhangzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包
	Tainan	飯桶, 落屎馬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯桶
	Shantou	無頂用
	Leizhou	飯桶
	Haikou	飯桶, 草包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯桶, 草包
Wu	Shanghai	飯桶, 草包
	Shanghai (Chongming)	飯桶
	Suzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Danyang	膿包, 飯桶, 草包
	Hangzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Ningbo	飯桶, 草包
	Wenzhou	飯桶
	Jinhua	拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶
Xiang	Changsha	尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包
	Loudi	飯桶

Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]

Adjective

軟母

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) weak; feeble; fragile; infirm (of a person)
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) effeminate (of a man)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘娘腔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母裡母氣
	Taiwan	娘娘腔, 娘炮
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	母聲母氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乸型, 婆乸型, 女人型, 女人士
	Hong Kong	乸型, camp
Gan	Lichuan	娘娘腔
Hakka	Meixian	半婦人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘相
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	母相
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某體
	Quanzhou	查某體
	Zhangzhou	查某體, 軟母
	Tainan	查某體
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某體
Wu	Shanghai	娘娘腔
	Hangzhou	娘娘腔

Dialectal synonyms of 娘娘腔 (“sissy; effeminate”) [map]