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家婆
Mandarin · pinyin jiā pó
Meanings
- (dialect) mother-in-law
- (house)wife
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1–2 · jia1 po2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaa1 po2
Cantonese word readings for 家婆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; Jianghuai Mandarin; dialectal Gan; Wu; Xiang) maternal grandmother
- (Southwestern Mandarin, including Chongqing Sichuanese and Guangxi Mandarin; Singapore Mandarin; Cantonese; dialectal Hakka; Gan; Leizhou Min; Hainanese) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (Southern Min) housekeeper; busybody
adj
- (Southern Min) nosy; meddlesome
verb
- (Southern Min) to stick one's nose into others' business; to meddle in other people's business
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