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po4
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[1] [n] old woman [2] one's grandmother [3] the mother of one's husband Stroke count: 11
Level: 3
Radical: 女 (#38)
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老婆
lou5 po4 = wife
阿婆
aa3 po4 = grandmother (maternal); polite way of addressing an old lady粵
八婆
baat3 po4 = nosey old woman粵
老婆子
lou5 po4 zi2 = Old woman
基婆
gei1 po4*2 = homosexual woman粵
鬼婆
gwai2 po4 = a Caucasian woman粵
巫婆
mou4 po4 = witch
外婆
ngoi6 po4/po4*2 = mother's mother; maternal grandmother
婆婆
po4 po4*2 = husband's mother, mother-in-law
老太婆
lou5 taai3 po4*2 = old woman (often not polite), term to refer to wifeSee all 75 compounds |
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Showing all 3 examples containing 婆
佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗 粵
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His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.
畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆 粵
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Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.
個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖 粵
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How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 婆
Unicode code for this character: U+5A46 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 婆
Unicode code for this character: U+5A46 (off-site link)
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