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老婆

lǎo pó

2-character word

What 老婆 means

1. colloquialwife

The characters in 老婆

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 婆pó(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law

Example sentences

• 他老婆。
  His wife.
• 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.
• 老婆婆被烧死。
  Lǎopó pó bèi shāosǐ.
  An old woman was burnt to death.

Words starting with 老婆

• 老婆本lǎo pó běnsavings a man puts aside for married life
• 老婆饼lǎo pó bǐng"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon…
• 老婆孩子热炕头lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng touwife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life

Words containing 老婆

• 小老婆xiǎo lǎo póconcubine; mistress; (dialect) woman
• 大老婆dà lǎo póprimary wife
• 怕老婆pà lǎo póhenpecked; to be under one's wife's thumb