查某

Tu (2018) suggests the compound is from 諸母.

查某

1. (Min Nan) woman; girl

   • 人人都認識了我老查某。 [MSC, trad.]
     人人都认识了我老查某。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007 October 4, Seow Hong Koon, Laozhabor's Rap (老查某 MV)

     Rénrén dōu rènshí le wǒ Lǎo Cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]

     Everyone knows me, Lao Zha Bor (old woman).

   • 我是馬來西亞的查某。 [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]
     我是马来西亚的查某。 [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2014 May 23, Joyce Chu, Malaysia Chabor

     Wǒ shì Malaysia de cha-bó͘. [Pinyin]

     I’m a true Malaysian girl.

   • 第一个講序細足無閒，查埔的做律師，查某的做靈芝的大賣 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     第一个讲序细足无闲，查埔的做律师，查某的做灵芝的大卖 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017 July 20, 黃文達, 媠無十全，䆀無加圇, in 教育部電子報

     Tē-it ê kóng sī-sè chiok bô-êng, cha-po͘--ê chò lu̍t-su, cha-bó͘--ê chò lêng-chi ê tōa-bē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The first one said that her children are quite busy; the boy is a lawyer, and the girl is a reishi wholesaler

2. (Teochew, euphemistic) female prostitute

Often code-mixed into Malaysian and Singaporean Mandarin, as demonstrated by the quotations.

• 查埔 (“man”)

• → English: zha bo
• → English: chabor
• → Indonesian: cabo (“prostitute; whore”)

• 劉建仁 (2011-02-04), “查某•諸母（tsa-bɔˋ）──女人”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2015-10-24
• “Entry #5111”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #303”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.