太婆

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (太婆)		太	婆
anagram		婆太

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tàipó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ

(Chengdu, SP): tai⁴ po²
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ po⁴, taai³ po^4-1, taai³ po^4-2
Gan (Wiktionary): tai³ po
Min Bei (KCR): tuo̿i-bǒ̤
Wu (Wiktionary): tha bu (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): tai⁴ bo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàipó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taypor
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tai⁴ po²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: taipo
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³ pʰo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ po⁴, taai³ po^4-1, taai³ po^4-2
  - Yale: taai pòh, taai pō, taai pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ po⁴, taai³ po^4-1, taai³ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ po⁴, tai³ po¹, tai³ po²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹/, /tʰɑːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /tʰɑːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tai³ po
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻²¹ pʰo¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuo̿i-bǒ̤
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰuɛ³³ pɔ²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tha bu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̱³³ b̻v̩ʷ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: tai⁴ bo²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁴⁵ po¹³/

Noun

太婆

(literary) paternal grandmother
(dialectal) great-grandmother [Qing–]
(dialectal Mandarin, including Henan, Sichuan, honorific) elderly lady
(Changsha Xiang) female brothel keeper; bawd; procurer

Usage notes

In most regions, it usually refers to the mother of one's paternal grandfather. In Cantonese, some people use this exclusively for the mother of one's maternal grandparent and use 太嫲 for the mother of one's paternal grandparent.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		祖母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		祖母
Mandarin	Beijing	奶奶、奶
	Taiwan	奶奶
	Harbin	奶奶、奶
	Shenyang	奶奶
	Jinan	奶奶
	Muping	婆、婆婆
	Luoyang	奶奶、奶
	Jiedian	娘
	Xi'an	奶、婆 suburbs、拿拿 Hui
	Qingdao	奶奶
	Zhengzhou	奶奶、奶
	Xining	奶奶
	Xuzhou	奶奶
	Yinchuan	奶奶
	Lanzhou	奶奶
	Ürümqi	奶奶、阿奶 Hui
	Wuhan	太、奶奶、婆婆 dated
	Chengdu	婆婆、奶奶
	Guiyang	太太、奶奶、老太太
	Liuzhou	奶、阿奶、婆
	Kunming	奶、奶奶
	Yangzhou	奶奶、太太 dated
	Nanjing	奶奶、奶
	Hefei	奶奶
	Nantong	奶奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿嫲
	Hong Kong	阿嫲、嫲嫲
	Shunde	阿人
	Foshan	阿嫲
	Zhongshan	阿婆
	Dongguan	阿嫲、嫲嫲、阿婆
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	阿婆、阿嫲
	Taishan	阿人、人
	Doumen	阿婆
	Kaiping	阿人
	Shaoguan	阿婆、阿嫲
	Yunfu	阿奶
	Yangjiang	阿婆、阿嫲
	Xinyi	阿婆
	Lianjiang	阿嫲
	Nanning	婆
	Kuala Lumpur	阿嫲
Gan	Nanchang	婆婆、奶奶、奶子
	Lichuan	姆媽
	Pingxiang	婆婆
Hakka	Meixian	阿婆
	Xingning	阿婆
	Huidong	阿婆
	Qujiang	娭姐
	Xiaosanjiang	阿婆
	Luchuan	阿婆
	Changting	娭姐
	Pingyu	阿婆
	Wuping	娭姐
	Liancheng	阿姐、媽
	Ninghua	媽媽
	Yudu	婆婆、婆、婆奶
	Ruijin	奶奶
	Shicheng	婆
	Shangyou	奶奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿婆
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿婆、阿嬤
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿婆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿婆、阿奶
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	阿嬤、阿婆
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿媽
	Hong Kong	阿婆
	Sabah	阿婆
	Senai	阿婆
	Singkawang	阿婆
Huizhou	Shexian	奶奶、老姨
Huizhou	Jixi	婦、阿婦
Jin	Taiyuan	奶奶
	Pingyao	娘娘
	Xinzhou	娘娘啊、呀娘、娘娘
Min Bei	Jian'ou	奶奶、嫲嫲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依媽
	Fuqing	媽、阿媽
	Matsu	依媽
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿媽、俺媽、內媽
	Quanzhou	媽仔、俺媽、內媽
	Zhangzhou	阿媽、咉媽、內媽
	Taipei	阿媽、內媽 mT
	Kaohsiung	阿媽
	Tainan	阿媽
	Taichung	阿媽
	Wuqi	阿媽
	Hsinchu	阿媽
	Taitung	阿媽
	Lukang	阿媽、俺媽
	Sanxia	阿媽
	Yilan	阿媽
	Kinmen	俺媽
	Magong	阿媽
	Penang	阿媽、媽
	Singapore	俺媽、阿媽
	Pingnan	媽
	Chaozhou	阿媽
	Shantou	阿媽
	Haifeng	媽
	Johor Bahru	阿媽
	Haikou	阿媽、媽、婆
	Leizhou	媽、嬭、尼媽、尼嬭
Puxian Min	Putian	阿媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿媽
Pinghua	Nanning	奶、太婆
Wu	Shanghai	爾奶、阿奶、奶奶
	Suzhou	好婆、好親婆、親婆
	Hangzhou	奶奶
	Wenzhou	娘娘、祖婆、祖婆娘
	Chongming	裡婆、親婆、婆、阿婆、婆阿
	Danyang	嫚嫚
	Jinhua	媽媽
	Ningbo	阿娘
Xiang	Changsha	娭毑
	Shuangfeng	奶奶
	Xiangtan	娭毑
	Loudi	佳婆、奶奶
	Quanzhou	奶奶
Note	mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾祖母
Mandarin	Beijing	老祖兒、女老祖兒、老祖奶奶、曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Taiwan	曾祖母
	Harbin	太奶
	Jinan	老奶奶
	Muping	老太、老太婆
	Jiedian	老娘
	Xi'an	太
	Xining	太太
	Xuzhou	老太太
	Yinchuan	太奶奶
	Lanzhou	太太
	Ürümqi	太太
	Wuhan	老太、老奶奶
	Chengdu	祖祖
	Guiyang	老祖祖、老祖、祖祖
	Liuzhou	太婆
	Nanjing	太奶奶
	Nantong	太太、太婆、女太太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太嫲、太婆
	Hong Kong	太嫲、太婆
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	太婆
	Kuala Lumpur	太婆
Gan	Nanchang	太婆
	Lichuan	太婆
	Pingxiang	老婆婆
Hakka	Meixian	阿太、婆太
	Xingning	婆白
	Huidong	阿婆太
	Qujiang	婆太
	Xiaosanjiang	婆太
	Changting	太婆、婆太
	Pingyu	婆太
	Wuping	太太
	Liancheng	婆太
	Ninghua	婆太
	Yudu	太婆
	Ruijin	婦娘太
	Shicheng	婆太
	Shangyou	太婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆太、阿太
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	婆太、阿太
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	婆太
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿太、細妹太、婆太、阿婆太
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	婆太、阿太
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿太、婆太
	Hong Kong	婆太
	Senai	婆太
Huizhou	Shexian	太奶
	Tunxi	太婆、老太太
	Jixi	太婦
Jin	Taiyuan	老奶
Jin	Xinzhou	老娘娘啊 face-to-face、老娘娘 non-face-to-face
Min Bei	Jian'ou	太婆
	Dikou	大媽
	Songxi	大媽
	Zhenqian	大婆
	Jianyang	大媽
	Shibei	大婆
Min Dong	Fuzhou	大媽
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿祖 face-to-face、俺祖 face-to-face、太媽 non-face-to-face、祖媽
	Quanzhou	太媽、阿太、祖媽
	Zhangzhou	阿祖 face-to-face、老祖仔 non-face-to-face、祖媽
	Taipei	查某祖
	Kaohsiung	阿祖
	Tainan	阿祖
	Taichung	祖太
	Wuqi	查某祖
	Hsinchu	查某祖
	Taitung	查某祖
	Lukang	阿祖媽
	Yilan	查某祖
	Magong	查某祖
	Penang	祖媽
	Haikou	祖婆、婆祖、婆祖媽
	Leizhou	尼祖、祖 face-to-face
Puxian Min	Putian	大媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大媽
Pinghua	Nanning	太奶、祖婆
Wu	Shanghai	太婆、太太、女太太、曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Suzhou	太太
	Hangzhou	阿太、太娘娘、太婆
	Wenzhou	女老太、女太、阿太
	Chongming	太婆、太太 face-to-face
	Danyang	太嫚嫚、太婆
	Jinhua	太太、太婆
	Ningbo	太婆
Xiang	Changsha	曾祖母
Xiang	Loudi	太婆

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