婆婆
ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ
“husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandmother; term of respect for an older woman; (mainland) figurative term for leadership or officials.”
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- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).
- 外婆ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊmaternal grandmother; mother's mother.
- 阿婆ㄚ ㄆㄛˊa respectful term for an elderly woman; in Hakka, specifically one's grandmother.
- 公婆ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˊhusband's parents; in-laws; father-in-law and mother-in-law
- 老太婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊold woman; old lady; old wife (often derogatory or familiar)
- 巫婆ㄨ ㄆㄛˊwitch; woman who claims to communicate with spirits for divination, blessings, or exorcism
- 老婆婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛpolite term of address for an elderly woman
- 婆媳ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧˊmother-in-law and daughter-in-law
- 婆婆媽媽ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚindecisive; wishy-washy; overly fussy and lacking resolve in action
- 婆羅門ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊSanskrit transliteration for Brahmin, India's highest hereditary priestly caste; by extension, any ordained practitioner or monastic.
- 婆家ㄆㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚhusband's family; the family a wife joins after marriage; in-law household.
- 外婆家ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚmaternal grandmother's home; place where one's mother's mother lives