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煮飯婆

zyu2 faan6*2 po4

[1] housewife [2] [華]: 家庭主婦

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

煮飯婆

煮 zyu2 zhu3 - cook
飯 faan6 fan4 - cooked rice
婆 po4 po2 - old woman; grandmother

This word was added by Steph_fr on 6th Jun 2007 and last edited on 15th Jul 2007

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