Keyword
grandmother
- old woman
- Frequency
- #1183
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 波 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
老婆
(coll.) wife
婆婆
husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
外婆
(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
婆
(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
老太婆
old woman (at times contemptuous)
婆罗洲
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
富婆
wealthy woman
婆娘
(dialect) wife; (derog.) woman
婆罗门
Brahmin
阿婆
granny; mother-in-law
湿婆
Shiva (Hindu deity)
公婆
husband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
婆媳
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
小老婆
concubine; mistress; (dialect) woman
婆娑
to swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway
鸡婆
(dialect) hen; prostitute; (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
巫婆
witch; sorceress; female shaman
婆家
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
姑婆
grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law
婆婆妈妈
effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin
苦口婆心
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
婆子
old woman
黄脸婆
faded old woman
姨婆
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt