婆婆
Chinese
| grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (婆婆) |
婆 | 婆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): po4 po4-2, po4 po4
- Gan (Wiktionary): po2 po
- Jin (Wiktionary): pe1 pe1-3
- Min Nan (POJ): pô-pô
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: por.po
- IPA (key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: po2 po2-1 / po2 po2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: popo / popo
- IPA (key): /pʰo²¹ pʰo²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /pʰo²¹ pʰo²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: po4 po4-2, po4 po4
- Yale: pòh pó, pòh pòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: po4 po4-2, po4 po4
- Guangdong Romanization: po4 po2, po4 po4
- IPA (key): /pʰɔː²¹ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/, /pʰɔː²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
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- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô-pô
- Tâi-lô: pô-pô
- Phofsit Daibuun: poi'pooi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /po¹³⁻²² po¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /po²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
婆婆
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (chiefly Cantonese) maternal grandmother
- (Gan, dialectal Mandarin) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) old woman
- (figuratively, Mainland China) higher authorities; superior; leader
Synonyms
- (old woman): 阿婆 (āpó)
Derived terms
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