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家婆
家婆
Chinese
home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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simp. and trad. (家婆) |
家 | 婆 | |
Noun
家婆
- (Cantonese, Hakka) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (Min Nan) housekeeper; busybody
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 婆婆 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 婆婆 |
| Taiwan | 婆婆 | |
| Jinan | 婆婆 | |
| Xi'an | 婆 | |
| Wuhan | 婆婆 | |
| Chengdu | 老人婆 | |
| Yangzhou | 婆 | |
| Hefei | 婆婆、老婆婆 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 家婆、奶奶 |
| Hong Kong | 家婆、奶奶 | |
| Taishan | 家婆 | |
| Yangjiang | 家婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 婆、婆子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 家娘 |
| Xingning | 家娘 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 家娘 | |
| Qujiang | 家娘婆 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 家婆 | |
| Changting | 家娘 | |
| Pingyu | 家娘 | |
| Wuping | 家娘 | |
| Liancheng | 家娘 | |
| Ninghua | 家婆 | |
| Ruijin | 家婆、奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 家婆 | |
| Shangyou | 家婆 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 家娘 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 家娘 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 家娘 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 家婆 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婆婆 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 大家 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 大家 |
| Xiamen | 大家 | |
| Zhangzhou | 大家 | |
| Taipei | 大家 | |
| Kaohsiung | 大家 | |
| Tainan | 大家 | |
| Taichung | 大家 | |
| Yilan | 大家仔 | |
| Lukang | 大家 | |
| Sanxia | 大家 | |
| Kinmen | 親姆 | |
| Magong | 大家 | |
| Hsinchu | 大家 | |
| Malaysia | 娘 | |
| Chaozhou | 大家 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿婆 |
| Wenzhou | 大家娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 家娘 |
| Shuangfeng | 家娘 | |
Adjective
家婆
Verb
家婆
- (Min Nan) to stick one's nose into others' business