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Definitions

  1. 1. grandmother
  2. 2. matron
  3. 3. mother-in-law
  4. 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13138953)

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Words Containing 婆

怕老婆
pà lǎo pó

henpecked

公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ

both sides claim they're right (idiom)

小老婆
xiǎo lǎo pó

concubine

婆家
pó jia

husband's family

八婆
bā pó

meddling woman

王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

巫婆
wū pó

witch

婆媳
pó xí

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

鸡婆
jī pó

(dialect) hen; prostitute

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)

多年媳妇熬成婆
duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]

接生婆
jiē shēng pó

midwife

孟婆
mèng pó

(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life

婆罗洲
pó luó zhōu

Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

孟婆汤
mèng pó tāng

potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆[mèng pó] before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life

婆罗门教
pó luó mén jiào

Brahmanism

男人婆
nán rén pó

tomboy

家婆
jiā pó

(dialect) mother-in-law

汤婆子
tāng pó zi

hot-water bottle

麻婆豆腐
má pó dòu fǔ

mapo tofu

催生婆
cuī shēng pó

midwife who induces labor

婆婆
pó po

husband's mother

汤婆
tāng pó

hot-water bottle

婆娘
pó niáng

woman (derog.)

姑婆
gū pó

grandfather's sister

管家婆
guǎn jiā pó

housewife (jocular)

婆罗门
pó luó mén

Brahmin

太婆
tài pó

great-grandmother

老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou

wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)

摩诃婆罗多
mó hē pó luó duō

Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[luó mó yǎn nà], possibly originally c. 4th century BC

媒婆
méi pó

matchmaker

占婆
zhàn pó

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

鬼婆
guǐ pó

Caucasian woman (Cantonese)

外婆
wài pó

(coll.) mother's mother

收生婆
shōu shēng pó

midwife

婆婆妈妈
pó po mā mā

effeminate

叔婆
shū pó

aunt by marriage

老婆
lǎo pó

(coll.) wife

阿婆
ā pó

granny

泪眼婆娑
lèi yǎn pó suō

tearful (idiom)

大老婆
dà lǎo pó

primary wife

苦口婆心
kǔ kǒu pó xīn

earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently

公婆
gōng pó

husband's parents

婆罗浮屠
pó luó fú tú

Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)

产婆
chǎn pó

midwife

拍婆子
pāi pó zi

to chase girls

湿婆
shī pó

Shiva (Hindu deity)

月婆子
yuè pó zi

(coll.) lying-in woman

婆娑
pó suō

to swirl about

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó

women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

富婆
fù pó

wealthy woman

婆心
pó xīn

(literary) kindheartedness

婆姨
pó yí

(dialect) wife

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

猪婆龙
zhū pó lóng

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

姑婆芋
gū pó yù

night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)