"婆" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 婆 |  pó | (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 婆 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆婆 | pó po | husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆娘 | pó niáng | woman (derog.) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆娑 | pó suō | to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆媳 | pó xí | mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆家 | pó jia | husband's family | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆子 | pó zi | old woman | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆姨 | pó yí | (dialect) wife / married woman | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆家 | pó jiā | husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆心 | pó xīn | (literary) kindheartedness | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆罗门 | Pó luó mén | Brahmin | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆罗洲 | Pó luó zhōu | Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆婆妈妈 | pó po mā mā | effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆罗门教 | pó luó mén jiào | Brahmanism / Hinduism | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 婆罗浮屠 | Pó luó fú tú | Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 外婆 | wài pó | (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 富婆 | fù pó | wealthy woman | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 巫婆 | wū pó | witch / sorceress / female shaman | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 阿婆 | ā pó | granny / mother-in-law | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 公婆 | gōng pó | husband's parents / parents-in-law | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 媒婆 | méi pó | matchmaker | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 姑婆 | gū pó | grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 产婆 | chǎn pó | midwife | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 八婆 | bā pó | meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 公婆 | gōng - pó | husband's parents / parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple / husband and wife | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 鬼婆 | guǐ pó | Caucasian woman (Cantonese) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 家婆 | jiā pó | (dialect) mother-in-law / (house)wife | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 鸡婆 | jī pó | (dialect) hen / prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering / nosy / (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 湿婆 | shī pó | Shiva (Hindu deity) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 叔婆 | shū pó | aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 太婆 | tài pó | great-grandmother | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 汤婆 | tāng pó | hot-water bottle | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 稳婆 | wěn pó | midwife (old term) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 姨婆 | yí pó | (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 占婆 | Zhàn pó | Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 占婆 | Zhān pó | Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | old woman (at times contemptuous) | |
| 管家婆 | guǎn jiā pó | housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody | |
| 小老婆 | xiǎo lǎo pó | concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman | |
| 怕老婆 | pà lǎo pó | henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb | |
| 黄脸婆 | huáng liǎn pó | faded old woman | |
| 接生婆 | jiē shēng pó | midwife | |
| 催生婆 | cuī shēng pó | midwife who induces labor | |
| 大老婆 | dà lǎo pó | primary wife | |
| 姑婆芋 | gū pó yù | night-scented lily (Alocasia odora) | |
| 孟婆汤 | mèng pó tāng | potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence | |
| 摩腊婆 | mó là pó | Malwa | |
| 男人婆 | nán rén pó | tomboy | |
| 拍婆子 | pāi pó zi | to chase girls / to hang around with girls | |
| 收生婆 | shōu shēng pó | midwife | |
| 汤婆子 | tāng pó zi | hot-water bottle | |
| 月婆子 | yuè pó zi | (coll.) lying-in woman | |
| 猪婆龙 | zhū pó lóng | Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) | |
| 苦口婆心 | kǔ kǒu pó xīn | earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently | |
| 三姑六婆 | sān gū liù pó | women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) | |
| 泪眼婆娑 | lèi yǎn pó suō | tearful (idiom) | |
| 麻婆豆腐 | má pó dòu fǔ | mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce | |
| 摩诃婆罗多 | Mó hē pó luó duō | Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC | |
| 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) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around | |
| 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[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2] | |
| 老婆孩子热炕头 | lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou | wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life | |
| 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸 | wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
| 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) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever | |
| 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) | |
