姑婆

Chinese

		paternal aunt	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (姑婆)		姑	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūpó

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ po⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû-phò
Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-pô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gupor
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ po⁴
  - Yale: gū pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ po⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu´ poˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ po²
  - IPA: /ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-pô
  - Tâi-lô: koo-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'pooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

Noun

姑婆

husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
(chiefly Min Nan) spinster

Derived terms

大笑姑婆
姑婆芋

老姑婆 (lǎogūpó)
虎姑婆

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