pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
婆
婆
po2
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
strokes
11
radical
strokes after radical
8
阿婆
阿婆
a1 po2
granny; mother-in-law
八婆
八婆
ba1 po2
meddling woman; nosy parker (Cantonese)
产婆
產婆
chan3 po2
midwife
催生婆
催生婆
cui1 sheng1 po2
midwife who induces labor
大老婆
大老婆
da4 lao3 po2
primary wife
富婆
富婆
fu4 po2
wealthy woman
公婆
公婆
gong1 po2
husband's parents; parents-in-law
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
公說公有理,婆說婆有理
gong1 shuo1 gong1 you3 li3 - po2 shuo1 po2 you3 li3
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
姑婆
姑婆
gu1 po2
grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law
管家婆
管家婆
guan3 jia1 po2
housewife (jocularly); female housekeeper of a higher rank (old); busybody
鬼婆
鬼婆
gui3 po2
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
黄脸婆
黃臉婆
huang2 lian3 po2
faded old woman
鸡婆
雞婆
ji1 po2
(dialect) hen; prostitute; (Tw) interfering; nosy; busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, POJ pr. )
家婆
家婆
jia1 po2
(dialect) mother-in-law; (house)wife
接生婆
接生婆
jie1 sheng1 po2
midwife
苦口婆心
苦口婆心
ku3 kou3 po2 xin1
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
老婆
老婆
lao3 po2
(coll.) wife
老婆孩子热炕头
老婆孩子熱炕頭
lao3 po2 hai2 zi5 re4 kang4 tou5
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life
老太婆
老太婆
lao3 tai4 po2
old woman (at times contemptuous)
泪眼婆娑
淚眼婆娑
lei4 yan3 po2 suo1
tearful (idiom)
麻婆豆腐
麻婆豆腐
ma2 po2 dou4 fu3
mapo tofu; stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
媒婆
媒婆
mei2 po2
matchmaker
摩诃婆罗多
摩訶婆羅多
mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC
男人婆
男人婆
nan2 ren2 po2
tomboy
怕老婆
怕老婆
pa4 lao3 po2
henpecked; to be under one's wife's thumb
拍婆子
拍婆子
pai1 po2 zi5
to chase girls; to hang around with girls
婆家
婆家
po2 jia5
husband's family
婆罗浮屠
婆羅浮屠
po2 luo2 fu2 tu2
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
婆罗门
婆羅門
po2 luo2 men2
Brahmin
婆罗门教
婆羅門教
po2 luo2 men2 jiao4
Brahmanism; Hinduism
婆罗洲
婆羅洲
po2 luo2 zhou1
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
婆娘
婆娘
po2 niang2
woman (derog.)
婆婆
婆婆
po2 po5
husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
婆婆妈妈
婆婆媽媽
po2 po5 ma1 ma1
effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin
婆娑
婆娑
po2 suo1
to swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway
婆媳
婆媳
po2 xi2
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
婆姨
婆姨
po2 yi2
(dialect) wife; married woman
婆子
婆子
po2 zi5
old woman
三姑六婆
三姑六婆
san1 gu1 liu4 po2
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
湿婆
濕婆
shi1 po2
Shiva (Hindu deity)
收生婆
收生婆
shou1 sheng1 po2
midwife
叔婆
叔婆
shu1 po2
aunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife
太婆
太婆
tai4 po2
great-grandmother
外婆
外婆
wai4 po2
(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
王婆賣瓜,自賣自誇
wang2 po2 mai4 gua1 - zi4 mai4 zi4 kua1
every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
稳婆
穩婆
wen3 po2
midwife (old term)
巫婆
巫婆
wu1 po2
witch; sorceress; female shaman
媳妇熬成婆
媳婦熬成婆
xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2
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
小老婆
小老婆
xiao3 lao3 po2
concubine; mistress; (dialect) woman
月婆子
月婆子
yue4 po2 zi5
woman in late pregnancy (colloquial)
占婆
佔婆
zhan4 po2
Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693
猪婆龙
豬婆龍
zhu1 po2 long2
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)