zha bo

[ˌt͡s˭ɑː˨ ˈbɔː˦˨]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Colloquial

"They didn’t think my mum could take over, much less me, whom they referred to as Ang Yew Seng’s zha bor kia (Hokkien for daughter)."
"Bro, you see, the only thing common about the places you mentioned, all have Zha Bos, this is the entertainment sustaining the us today."
"And most of them call me "swee zha bo", pretty girl."

Borrowed from Hokkien 查某 (cha-bó͘, “woman, girl”).

zha bos (plural) zha bor (alternative) cha bo (alternative) cha bor (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce zha bo?

The recorded pronunciation is [ˌt͡s˭ɑː˨ ˈbɔː˦˨].

What does zha bo mean?

Lady or woman.

Where does zha bo come from?

Borrowed from Hokkien 查某 (cha-bó͘, “woman, girl”).

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