老婆 (lou5 po4 | lao3 po2) : wife

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老婆

lou5 po4

lao3 po2

wife

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,630,000

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

老婆

This word has been viewed 11126 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

老 lou5 - old, venerable
婆 po4 po4*2 - old woman; grandmother

9 compounds containing this word:

小老婆 - concubine; mistress
老婆子 - old woman
老婆餅 - wife cake
娶老婆 - marry
老婆仔 - a steady girlfriend
老婆乸 - used to refer to older women when not mentioned by name
餓死老婆燻臭屋 - be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married
老婆本 - marriage fund
Common Formations:
我老婆 - my wife

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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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