"婆" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Decomp. 氵皮女
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Pinyin po2
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水水女
Sijiao 3440.4
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CNS 11643 1-5967
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 pó grandmother / matron / mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
Results beginning with 婆
 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma
 pó niáng woman (derog.)
 pó suō to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway
 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
 pó jia husband's family
 pó zi old woman
 pó yí (dialect) wife / married woman
 pó xīn (literary) kindheartedness
 Pó luó mén Brahmin
 Pó luó zhōu Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
 pó po mā mā effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin
 pó luó mén jiào Brahmanism / Hinduism
 Pó luó fú tú Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
Approximate Results for 婆
 lǎo pó (coll.) wife
 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
 fù pó wealthy woman
 wū pó witch / sorceress / female shaman
 ā pó granny / mother-in-law
 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law
 méi pó matchmaker
 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law
 chǎn pó midwife
 bā pó meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
 guǐ pó Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
 jiā pó (dialect) mother-in-law / (house)wife
 jī pó (dialect) hen / prostitute / (Tw) interfering / nosy / busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
 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 shī pó Shiva (Hindu deity)
 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife
 tài pó great-grandmother
 tāng pó hot-water bottle
 wěn pó midwife (old term)
 Zhàn pó Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693
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 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous)
 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody
 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman
 pà lǎo pó henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb
 huáng liǎn pó faded old woman
 jiē shēng pó midwife
 cuī shēng pó midwife who induces labor
 dà lǎo pó primary wife
 gū pó yù night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4 po2] before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
 mó là pó Malwa
 nán rén pó tomboy
 pāi pó zi to chase girls / to hang around with girls
 shōu shēng pó midwife
 tāng pó zi hot-water bottle
 yuè pó zi (coll.) lying-in woman
 zhū pó lóng Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
 kǔ kǒu pó xīn earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently
 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
 lèi yǎn pó suō tearful (idiom)
 má pó dòu fǔ mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
 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
 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
 duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]
 lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
 wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
 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
 gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ both sides claim they're right (idiom)
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