婆
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Definitions
- 1. grandmother
- 2. matron
- 3. mother-in-law
- 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
Words Containing 婆
husband's parents
(coll.) mother's mother
witch
(coll.) wife
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693
midwife who induces labor
meddling woman
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
aunt by marriage
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]
primary wife
great-grandmother
grandfather's sister
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
(dialect) wife
to swirl about
woman (derog.)
husband's mother
effeminate
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
husband's family
(literary) kindheartedness
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
Brahmin
Brahmanism
matchmaker
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆[mèng pó] before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
(dialect) mother-in-law
wealthy woman
concubine
henpecked
to chase girls
midwife
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[luó mó yǎn nà], possibly originally c. 4th century BC
midwife
(coll.) lying-in woman
tearful (idiom)
hot-water bottle
hot-water bottle
Shiva (Hindu deity)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
midwife
tomboy
housewife (jocular)
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
granny
(dialect) hen; prostitute
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
mapo tofu