峇峇娘惹
Bā bā Niáng rě
Pinyin

Definition

峇峇娘惹
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Bā bā Niáng rě
  1. Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)

Related Words (20)

gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to vex
  4. 4 to stir up
  5. 5 to anger
  6. 6 to attract (troubles)
  7. 7 to cause (problems)
xīn niáng
  1. 1 bride
lǎo niáng
  1. 1 my old mother
  2. 2 I, this old woman
  3. 3 my old lady (colloquial)
  4. 4 maternal grandmother
  5. 5 midwife

Idioms (6)

天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
招风惹草
zhāo fēng rě cǎo
  1. 1 to stir up trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to sow discord
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie