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阿婆

Mandarin · pinyin ā pó

granny
mother-in-law

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
婆: pó · old woman; grandmother

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1–2 · a1 po2

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aa3 po4

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noun

(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, including Hokkien, honorific) old woman
(Gan) midwife (female only)

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