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老婆

lǎo pó
个 gè
HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Very common

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老婆
lǎo pó Noun (coll.) wife
老婆
lǎo po wife (familiar)

Definitions

  1. 1. (coll.) wife

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Word relationships

Counterparts

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老公
lǎo gōng

(coll.) husband

husband

Register variants

2 items
妻子
qī zi

wife

formal term for wife
太太
tài tai

married woman

polite term for wife

Related words

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爱人
ài ren

spouse (PRC)

spouse (can be husband or wife, more formal)

Usage notes

Collocations

老婆 is often paired with 老公 (husband) in casual conversation.

Formality

老婆 is colloquial and used for one's own wife; use 妻子 in formal contexts.

Example Sentences

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我的 老婆 很喜欢做饭。
My wife really enjoys cooking.
他 老婆 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13138953)
他對 老婆 言聽計從。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 775891)
他怕他 老婆 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10536285)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 老婆

大老婆
dà lǎo pó

primary wife

小老婆
xiǎo lǎo pó

concubine

怕老婆
pà lǎo pó

henpecked

老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou

wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)

Child Words of 老婆

婆
pó

grandmother

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity