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婆

Mandarin · pinyin pó

(bound form) grandmother
(bound form) matron
(bound form) mother-in-law
(slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

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婆: pó · old woman; grandmother

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

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old woman
grandmother
mother-in-law (of a woman); husband's mother
woman in a particular profession
pejorative suffix for a woman
(ACG, neologism) Short for 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife”)

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