Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 14, 2003 00:58
21 yrs ago
Chinese term
男人婆
Non-PRO
Chinese to English
Other
Slang
slang
tomboy?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | tomboy |
Perry Svensson
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| 5 +2 | tomboy |
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
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Proposed translations
+3
11 mins
Perry Svensson
Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan
Marketing, business comm., Taiwan, China
Native in: Swedish (Variants: Rikssvenska, Stockholm) 
Works in: English to Swedish, Chinese to Swedish, Swedish
Selected
tomboy
A google on your term with the word tomboy added ("男人婆" +tomboy) yielded 25 hits, from both China and Taiwan. That's a very good method if you have a hunch, but are not 100 perfent sure: search for the Chinese term within quotation marks and add the English word.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to both of you, Perry and Terry, but since Perry was quickest on the draw, kudoz go to you. Yes,"women wearing the pants" is a frightening concept in Chinese! But I note that even the words 那个女人 are akin to an insult..."
+2
14 mins
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
Native in English
Fulltime TECHNICAL/MEDICAL pro since '87
Native in: English
Works in: Chinese to English, Spanish to English
tomboy
Yes.
Here's a comment from the Web: (BIG-5)
她说她生来像男人婆。我
想大概也是八九不离十吧。她说她非常讨厌穿裙子。嗯 ...
Likes to wear pants (horror!)...
Here's a comment from the Web: (BIG-5)
她说她生来像男人婆。我
想大概也是八九不离十吧。她说她非常讨厌穿裙子。嗯 ...
Likes to wear pants (horror!)...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kvasir
: yep definitely, well used term in HK as well. i for one use it all the time to scorn at my sister. Can also be extended to describe a "lesbian"
14 mins
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| agree |
Will Matter
930 days
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