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男人婆

English translation: tomboy

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Chinese term or phrase:男人婆
English translation:tomboy
Entered by: Perry Svensson

00:58 May 14, 2003
Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang / slang
Chinese term or phrase: 男人婆
tomboy?
liberation
tomboy
Explanation:
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.
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Perry Svensson
Taiwan
Local time: 21:32
Grading 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...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2tomboy
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
3 +3tomboy
Perry Svensson


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tomboy


Explanation:
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.


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    Reference: http://pan.idv.tw/document/unpublis/object_i.htm
Perry Svensson
Taiwan
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
Grading 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...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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"
16 mins
agree  3Sigma: yep. Tomboy is common. Sometimes we also say "butch" but these days it comes with a "dyke" connotation...
5 hrs
agree  Will Matter
930 days
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tomboy


Explanation:
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!)...


Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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
agree  Will Matter
930 days
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