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婆
Simplified
婆
Traditional
婆
Pinyin
pó
Definition
(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
她是我婆吗?
Tā shì wǒ pó ma?
Is she my mother-in-law?
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婆
波
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女
波
Part
bō
waves
女
Part
nǚ
woman
Appears in characters like:
婆
啵
啵
菠
𬭛
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老婆
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husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
姑婆
gū pó
grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law
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(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
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