婆 (po4 po4*2 | po2) : old woman; grandmother

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婆

po4 po4*2

po2

[1] [n] old woman [2] one's grandmother [3] the mother of one's husband

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

婆

This word has been viewed 72627 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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老婆 lou5 po4 lao3 po2 = wife

阿婆 aa3 po4 = grandmother (maternal); polite way of addressing an old lady 粵

事頭婆 si6 tau4 po4 = lady boss; wife of boss 粵

小老婆 siu2 lou5 po4 xiao3 lao3 po2 = concubine; mistress

包租婆 baau1 zou1 po4 = landlady 粵

八婆 baat3 po4 = nosy old woman 粵

老婆子 lou5 po4 zi2 lao3 po2 zi3 = old woman

基婆 gei1 po4*2 = homosexual woman 粵

鬼婆 gwai2 po4 = a Caucasian woman 粵

巫婆 mou4 po4 wu1 po2 = a witch
See all 91 compounds (CantoDict reports 95 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 婆

婆婆，你今年貴庚呀? 粵
Po Po (an elderly woman), how old are you?
[Scenario: A person is talking to an elderly woman. ]

佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗粵
His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.

畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆粵
Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.

我未試過對我老婆唔住，你呢？粵
I have never cheated on my wife, (how about) you? [Literally] I haven't tried (and did something that I) cannot face to my wife, you?
[whether it means "cannot face to/cannot confront with" or "sorry",to 對唔住 someone you're romantically involved,it mostly refers to you "cheat". Otherwise, it can means you did something that disappointed the other or you let someone down.]

個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖粵
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 婆
Unicode code for this character: U+5a46 (off-site link)

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