公婆

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Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (公婆)
simp. #(公婆)

Pronunciation


Noun

公婆

  1. parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents
    公婆公婆  ―  jiàn gōngpó  ―  (of a woman) to meet the in-laws (for the first time)
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) husband and wife; married couple
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) ancestor; predecessor
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien) spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

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