阿婆
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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simp. and trad. (阿婆) |
阿 | 婆 |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿婆
- (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal Wu) paternal grandmother
- (Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Wu, Pinghua) maternal grandmother
- (Wu) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (dialectal, honorific) old woman
- (Gan) midwife (female only)
Synonyms
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