Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- pó
English
- old woman
- (bound form) grandmother
- maternal grandmother
- a female that is two generations senior
- grandmother
- (bound form) matron
- elderly female
- female adult, generally not derogatory but often considered slightly impolite
- (bound form) mother-in-law
- (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
粵語
- 媽媽嘅媽媽
- 隔兩代嘅母系長輩
- 老年女性
- 泛指女性，唔算侮辱但通常會俾人覺得稍為無禮嘅稱呼方式
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Words containing 婆
- 婆婆po4 po2
husband's mother
- 婆婆po4 po2
husband's mother
- 老婆lou5 po4
(coll.) wife
- 阿婆aa3 po4
granny
- 八婆baat3 po4
meddling woman
- 姨婆ji4 po4
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father
- 姑婆gu1 po4
grandfather's sister
- 外婆ngoi6 po4
(coll.) mother's mother
- 老婆餅lou5 po4 beng2
"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)
- 婆娘po4 noeng4
(dialect) wife
- 大婆daai6 po2
the first wife among all the other wives (in a polygamous marriage)
- 家婆gaa1 po2
(dialect) mother-in-law
- 婆家po4 gaa1
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
- 死婆sei2 po2
“bitch”, can be used as a term of insult or as an affectionate term to address one's girlfriend or wife [colloquial]
- 神婆san4 po4
(noun) a witch; ghost whisperer; a sorceress; necromancer
- 太婆taai3 po4
great-grandmother
- 鬼婆gwai2 po4
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
- 使婆sai2 po2
Nanny; Maidservant
- 產婆caan2 po2
midwife
- 基婆gei1 po2
a lesbian; a homosexual woman [colloquial]
- 差婆caai1 po4
(noun) a female police officer
- 婆媽po4 maa1
indecisive; always changing one's mind; verbose; a maidservant
- 細婆sai3 po2
Concubine; mistress
- 傻婆so4 po2
silly girl, it is usually used to address someone who is dearly loved; mentally-handicapped woman