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姑婆

Mandarin · pinyin gū pó

Meanings

  1. grandfather's sister
  2. sister of a woman's father-in-law
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姑
gū · father's sister; husband's mother
婆
pó · old woman; grandmother
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1–2 · gu1 po2

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gu1 po4

Cantonese word readings for 姑婆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gu1 po4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (regional) husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
  2. (regional) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
  3. (chiefly Hokkien) spinster
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Catholicism, dated) nun
  5. (Dehua Hokkien) frog

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