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Trad |
Simp |
Mandarin |
Definition |
Days old |
Ver |
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阿婆 |
阿婆 |
[a1 po2] |
/granny/mother-in-law/ |
6725
|
1 |
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八婆 |
八婆 |
[ba1 po2] |
/meddling woman/nosy parker (Cantonese)/ |
5824
|
1 |
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巴婆果 |
巴婆果 |
[[ba1po2guo3]] |
/pawpaw (Asimina triloba)/ |
12
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2 |
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產婆 |
产婆 |
[chan3 po2] |
/midwife/ |
5422
|
1 |
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醜媳婦早晚要見公婆 |
丑媳妇早晚要见公婆 |
[[chou3 xi2fu4 zao3wan3 yao4 jian4 gong1po2]] |
/(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb)/(fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it/ |
69
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2 |
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催生婆 |
催生婆 |
[cui1 sheng1 po2] |
/midwife who induces labor/ |
5422
|
1 |
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大老婆 |
大老婆 |
[da4 lao3 po2] |
/primary wife/ |
5359
|
1 |
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多年媳婦熬成婆 |
多年媳妇熬成婆 |
[duo1 nian2 xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2] |
/see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]/ |
2262
|
1 |
|
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富婆 |
富婆 |
[fu4 po2] |
/wealthy woman/ |
6157
|
1 |
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公說公有理，婆說婆有理 |
公说公有理，婆说婆有理 |
[gong1 shuo1 gong1 you3 li3 , po2 shuo1 po2 you3 li3] |
/both sides claim they're right (idiom)/ |
3917
|
1 |
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公婆 |
公婆 |
[[gong1-po2]] |
/husband's parents; parents-in-law/(dialect) a couple; husband and wife/ |
985
|
2 |
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姑婆 |
姑婆 |
[gu1 po2] |
/grandfather's sister/sister of a woman's father-in-law/ |
5797
|
1 |
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姑婆芋 |
姑婆芋 |
[gu1 po2 yu4] |
/night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)/ |
1391
|
1 |
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管家婆 |
管家婆 |
[guan3 jia1 po2] |
/housewife (jocular)/female housekeeper of a higher rank (old)/busybody/ |
1561
|
1 |
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鬼婆 |
鬼婆 |
[gui3 po2] |
/Caucasian woman (Cantonese)/ |
6301
|
1 |
|
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黃臉婆 |
黄脸婆 |
[huang2 lian3 po2] |
/faded old woman/ |
5623
|
1 |
|
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雞婆 |
鸡婆 |
[[ji1po2]] |
/(dialect) hen; prostitute/(Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])/ |
571
|
2 |
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家婆 |
家婆 |
[jia1 po2] |
/(dialect) mother-in-law/(house)wife/ |
5245
|
1 |
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接生婆 |
接生婆 |
[jie1 sheng1 po2] |
/midwife/ |
5422
|
1 |
|
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舅婆 |
舅婆 |
[[jiu4po2]] |
/grandmother's brother's wife/ |
182
|
2 |
|
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苦口婆心 |
苦口婆心 |
[ku3 kou3 po2 xin1] |
/earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently/ |
6352
|
1 |
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老婆 |
老婆 |
[lao3 po2] |
/(coll.) wife/ |
5001
|
1 |
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老婆孩子熱炕頭 |
老婆孩子热炕头 |
[lao3 po2 hai2 zi5 re4 kang4 tou5] |
/wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)/the simple and good life/ |
3948
|
1 |
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老太婆 |
老太婆 |
[lao3 tai4 po2] |
/old woman (at times contemptuous)/ |
6554
|
1 |
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老婆本 |
老婆本 |
[[lao3po2ben3]] |
/savings a man puts aside for married life/ |
52
|
2 |
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老婆餅 |
老婆饼 |
[[lao3po2bing3]] |
/"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)/ |
272
|
2 |
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|
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淚眼婆娑 |
泪眼婆娑 |
[lei4 yan3 po2 suo1] |
/tearful (idiom)/ |
3557
|
1 |
|
|
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麻婆豆腐 |
麻婆豆腐 |
[ma2 po2 dou4 fu3] |
/mapo tofu/stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce/ |
4736
|
1 |
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媒婆 |
媒婆 |
[[mei2po2]] |
/female matchmaker/ |
46
|
2 |
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媒人婆 |
媒人婆 |
[[mei2ren2po2]] |
/female matchmaker/ |
23
|
2 |
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孟婆 |
孟婆 |
[[Meng4po2]] |
/(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life/(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind/ |
858
|
2 |
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孟婆湯 |
孟婆汤 |
[[meng4po2tang1]] |
/potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence/ |
800
|
2 |
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迷魂湯 |
迷魂汤 |
[[mi2hun2tang1]] |
/potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4po2tang1])/magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions/ |
544
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2 |
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摩訶婆羅多 |
摩诃婆罗多 |
[Mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1] |
/Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC/ |
5117
|
1 |
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納閩 |
纳闽 |
[Na4 min3] |
/Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲/ |
4272
|
1 |
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男人婆 |
男人婆 |
[nan2 ren2 po2] |
/tomboy/ |
5076
|
1 |
|
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怕老婆 |
怕老婆 |
[pa4 lao3 po2] |
/henpecked/to be under one's wife's thumb/ |
5020
|
1 |
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拍婆子 |
拍婆子 |
[[pai1 po2zi5]] |
/(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls/ |
341
|
2 |
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毗耶娑 |
毗耶娑 |
[Pi2 ye1 suo1] |
/Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多[Mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1] and a major figure in it/ |
6189
|
1 |
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婆 |
婆 |
[[po2]] |
/(bound form) grandmother/(bound form) matron/(bound form) mother-in-law/(slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)/ |
849
|
2 |
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婆羅浮屠 |
婆罗浮屠 |
[Po2 luo2 fu2 tu2] |
/Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)/ |
6851
|
1 |
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婆羅門 |
婆罗门 |
[Po2 luo2 men2] |
/Brahmin/ |
4120
|
1 |
|
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婆羅門教 |
婆罗门教 |
[po2 luo2 men2 jiao4] |
/Brahmanism/Hinduism/ |
7023
|
1 |
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婆羅洲 |
婆罗洲 |
[Po2 luo2 zhou1] |
/Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)/ |
4272
|
1 |
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婆婆 |
婆婆 |
[po2 po5] |
/husband's mother/mother-in-law/grandma/ |
6096
|
1 |
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婆婆媽媽 |
婆婆妈妈 |
[po2 po5 ma1 ma1] |
/effeminate/old-womanish/garrulous/fainthearted/overly careful/overly sensitive/maudlin/ |
4025
|
1 |
|
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婆娑 |
婆娑 |
[po2 suo1] |
/to swirl about/(of leaves and branches) to sway/ |
3557
|
1 |
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婆媳 |
婆媳 |
[po2 xi2] |
/mother-in-law and daughter-in-law/ |
4421
|
1 |
|
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婆心 |
婆心 |
[po2 xin1] |
/(literary) kindheartedness/ |
1914
|
1 |
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婆姨 |
婆姨 |
[po2 yi2] |
/(dialect) wife/married woman/ |
4694
|
1 |
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婆子 |
婆子 |
[po2 zi5] |
/old woman/ |
5923
|
1 |
|
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婆家 |
婆家 |
[[po2jia1]] |
/husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)/ |
797
|
2 |
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婆娘 |
婆娘 |
[[po2niang5]] |
/(dialect) wife/(derog.) woman/ |
127
|
2 |
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三姑六婆 |
三姑六婆 |
[san1 gu1 liu4 po2] |
/women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)/ |
6316
|
1 |
|
|
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沙巴 |
沙巴 |
[Sha1 ba1] |
/Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲/ |
4272
|
1 |
|
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沙撈越 |
沙捞越 |
[Sha1 lao1 yue4] |
/Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲/ |
4272
|
1 |
|
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濕婆 |
湿婆 |
[shi1 po2] |
/Shiva (Hindu deity)/ |
7023
|
1 |
|
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收生婆 |
收生婆 |
[shou1 sheng1 po2] |
/midwife/ |
5422
|
1 |
|
|
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叔婆 |
叔婆 |
[shu1 po2] |
/aunt by marriage/husband's aunt/husband's father's younger brother's wife/ |
6743
|
1 |
|
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娑 |
娑 |
[suo1] |
/(phonetic)/see 婆娑[po2 suo1]/ |
4821
|
1 |
|
|
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塔 |
塔 |
[[ta3]] |
/pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])/(loanword) (pastry) tart/ |
338
|
2 |
|
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太婆 |
太婆 |
[tai4 po2] |
/great-grandmother/ |
7121
|
1 |
|
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湯婆 |
汤婆 |
[tang1 po2] |
/hot-water bottle/ |
2225
|
1 |
|
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湯婆子 |
汤婆子 |
[tang1 po2 zi5] |
/hot-water bottle/ |
2225
|
1 |
|
|
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偷油婆 |
偷油婆 |
[[tou1you2po2]] |
/(dialect) cockroach/ |
357
|
2 |
|
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外婆 |
外婆 |
[wai4 po2] |
/(coll.) mother's mother/maternal grandmother/ |
5001
|
1 |
|
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王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇 |
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸 |
[wang2 po2 mai4 gua1 , zi4 mai4 zi4 kua1] |
/every potter praises his own pot (idiom)/all one's geese are swans/ |
5973
|
1 |
|
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穩婆 |
稳婆 |
[wen3 po2] |
/midwife (old term)/ |
6877
|
1 |
|
|
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巫婆 |
巫婆 |
[wu1 po2] |
/witch/sorceress/female shaman/ |
7121
|
1 |
|
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媳婦熬成婆 |
媳妇熬成婆 |
[xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2] |
/lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)/fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor/what goes around comes around/ |
4619
|
1 |
|
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小老婆 |
小老婆 |
[[xiao3lao3po2]] |
/concubine/mistress/(dialect) woman/ |
859
|
2 |
|
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姨婆 |
姨婆 |
[[yi2po2]] |
/(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/ |
532
|
2 |
|
|
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月婆子 |
月婆子 |
[yue4 po2 zi5] |
/(coll.) lying-in woman/ |
2012
|
1 |
|
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占城 |
占城 |
[[Zhan1cheng2]] |
/see 占婆[Zhan1po2]/ |
661
|
2 |
|
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占婆 |
占婆 |
[[Zhan1po2]] |
/Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam/ |
661
|
2 |
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豬婆龍 |
猪婆龙 |
[[zhu1po2long2]] |
/Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)/ |
590
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2 |
