WordTaiwan frequency #22,275
婆婆媽媽
ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ
“indecisive; wishy-washy; overly fussy and lacking resolve in action”
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- 媽媽ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚmother; mom; mama; a respectful term for an older woman; a term for a wife or a madam in historical contexts.
- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).
- 媽祖ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇMatsu, a sea goddess widely worshipped in southeastern China and Southeast Asia; affectionately called "Heavenly Holy Mother" in folk religion.
- 婆婆ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊhusband's mother; mother-in-law; grandmother; term of respect for an older woman; (mainland) figurative term for leadership or officials.
- 外婆ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊmaternal grandmother; mother's mother.
- 媽咪ㄇㄚ ㄇㄧmommy; a child's affectionate term for mother; from English 'mammy'.
- 老媽ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚone's mother; an old woman; a female servant; a madam of a brothel
- 阿婆ㄚ ㄆㄛˊa respectful term for an elderly woman; in Hakka, specifically one's grandmother.
- 他媽的ㄊㄚ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄉㄜvulgar expletive expressing anger, frustration, or emphasis; used as an intensifier or insult; extremely offensive profanity in Mandarin
- 爸媽ㄅㄚˋ ㄇㄚparents; mom and dad; mother and father
- 阿媽ㄚ ㄇㄚfather; term of address for one's father; from Jurchen
- 公婆ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˊhusband's parents; in-laws; father-in-law and mother-in-law