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婆

pó

HSK 5 Character

What 婆 means

1. bound formgrandmother
2. bound formmatron
3. bound formmother-in-law
4. slangfemme (in a lesbian relationship)

Example sentences

• 他老婆。
  His wife.
• 我不是巫婆。
  Wǒ bù shì wūpó.
  I am not a witch.
• 他怕他老婆。
  He was afraid of his wife.
• 她是我老婆。
  She's my wife.
• 我老婆死了。
  My wife died.
• 他和老婆分居。
  Tā hé lǎopó fēnjū.
  He is living apart from his wife.

Words starting with 婆

• 婆婆pó pohusband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
• 婆娘pó niang(dialect) wife; (derog.) woman
• 婆家pó jiāhusband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
• 婆子pó ziold woman
• 婆娑pó suōto swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway
• 婆媳pó xímother-in-law and daughter-in-law
• 婆婆妈妈pó po mā māeffeminate; old-womanish; garrulous
• 婆心pó xīn(literary) kindheartedness
• 婆罗洲Pó luó zhōuBorneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
• 婆罗门Pó luó ménBrahmin
• 婆罗门教pó luó mén jiàoBrahmanism; Hinduism
• 婆罗浮屠Pó luó fú túBorobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
• 婆姨pó yí(dialect) wife; married woman

Words containing 婆

• 老婆lǎo pó(colloquial) wife
• 公婆gōng póhusband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
• 外婆wài pó(colloquial) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
• 老太婆lǎo tài póold woman (at times contemptuous)
• 阿婆ā pógranny; mother-in-law
• 巫婆wū pówitch; sorceress; female shaman
• 媒婆méi pófemale matchmaker
• 苦口婆心kǔ kǒu pó xīnearnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
• 小老婆xiǎo lǎo póconcubine; mistress; (dialect) woman
• 太婆tài pógreat-grandmother
• 占婆Zhān póChampa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in…
• 孟婆Mèng pó(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are…
• 家婆jiā pó(dialect) mother-in-law; (house)wife
• 富婆fù pówealthy woman
• 湿婆shī póShiva (Hindu deity)
• 产婆chǎn pómidwife
• 稳婆wěn pómidwife (old term)
• 鸡婆jī pó(dialect) hen; prostitute; (Taiwan) (adjective) interfering; nosy…
• 鬼婆guǐ póCaucasian woman (Cantonese)
• 偷油婆tōu yóu pó(dialect) cockroach
• 大老婆dà lǎo póprimary wife
• 怕老婆pà lǎo póhenpecked; to be under one's wife's thumb
• 拍婆子pāi pó zi(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls
• 接生婆jiē shēng pómidwife

Characters built on 波

These share the phonetic component 波 (bō), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菠bōspinach
• 啵bō(onomatopoeia) to bubble

Characters that look like 婆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 窖jiàocellar; to store in a cellar
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 萘nàinaphthalene C10H8

Sounds the same

Read pó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鄱name of a lake
• 皤white
• 繁surname Po