大婆

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (大婆) 大 婆
simp. #(大婆) 大 婆

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ai5 po3 - "great-aunt";
  • ai5 po3* - "legal wife".

Noun

大婆

  1. (dialectal) legal wife; primary wife
  2. (Taishanese) great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's elder brother)
  3. (dialectal Northern Min) great-grandmother

Synonyms

  • (legal wife):
Dialectal synonyms of 大老婆 (“official wife; primary wife”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 正室, 正房, 正妻, 嫡妻, 正室, 正配, 元配, 髮妻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大婆兒, 大娘們兒
Taiwan 大老婆
Singapore 大老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大婆子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大婆兒, 大老婆
Xi'an 大老婆
Xuzhou 大婆兒, 大婆子, 大老婆
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 大老婆
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大老婆, 大婆子
Liuzhou 大婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大老婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 大婆
Hong Kong 大婆
Dongguan 大婆
Gan Nanchang 大老婆
Hakka Meixian 大婆
Huizhou Jixi 大老嫗
Jin Xinzhou 大婆子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大婆
Southern Min Xiamen 大某
Quanzhou 大某
Jinjiang 大某
Yongchun 大某
Zhangzhou 大某, 大姐
Singapore (Hokkien) 大某
Manila (Hokkien) 大某
Leizhou 大娘
Puxian Min Putian 大房, 正房
Xianyou 大房, 正房
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大婆
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 大老官
Suzhou 大老媽
Hangzhou 大老婆
Wenzhou 正娘
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 曾祖母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 老祖兒, 女老祖兒, 老祖奶奶, 老太太 Hui, 太太 suburbs, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
Taiwan 曾祖母
Harbin 太奶
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 老太太, 太奶, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
Jinan 老奶奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 老太, 老太婆
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 老娘
Xi'an 太
Xining 太太
Xuzhou 老太太
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 太奶奶
Lanzhou 太太
Ürümqi 太太
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 祖祖
Wuhan 老太, 老奶奶
Guiyang 老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
Kunming 太太
Liuzhou 太婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 太奶奶
Nantong 太太, 太婆, 女太太
Cantonese Guangzhou 太嫲, 太婆
Hong Kong 太嫲, 太婆
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 太婆
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿太
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 太婆
Taishan 阿白, 白婆
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿白, 白婆
Dongguan 伯婆, 阿伯
Yangjiang 太婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 太婆
Gan Nanchang 太婆
Lichuan 太婆
Pingxiang 老婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿太, 婆太
Xingning 婆白
Huidong (Daling) 阿婆太
Dongguan (Qingxi) 太婆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 太婆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 太婆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 老太婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿白
Wengyuan 太婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 婆太
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 婆太
Liannan 阿太
Jiexi 阿太
Luhe 婆太
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 太婆
Changting 太婆, 婆太
Wuping 太太
Wuping (Yanqian) 太太
Wuping (Pingyu) 婆太
Liancheng 婆太
Ninghua 婆太
Yudu 太婆
Ningdu 太婆
Ruijin 婦娘太
Shicheng 婆太
Shangyou (Shexi) 太婆
Tonggu (Sandu) 婆太
Ganzhou (Panlong) 太婆
Dayu 太婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 婆太, 阿太
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 婆太, 阿太
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 婆太
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 婆太, 阿太
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿太, 婆太
Hong Kong 婆太, 阿太
Yangxi (Tangkou) 太婆
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿太
Xinyi (Sihe) 太婆
Xinyi (Qianpai) 太婆
Gaozhou (Xindong) 祖婆
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 祖婆, 太婆
Huazhou (Xin'an) 婆祖
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 婆祖
Lianjiang (Qingping) 婆佬
Mengshan (Xihe) 婆太
Luchuan 婆太
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿婆太
Senai (Huiyang) 婆太
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 太媽
Singkawang 婆太
Huizhou Jixi 太婦
Shexian 太奶
Huangshan (Tunxi) 太婆, 老太太
Jin Taiyuan 老奶
Xinzhou 老娘娘啊 face-to-face, 老娘娘 non-face-to-face
Northern Min Jian'ou 太婆
Jian'ou (Dikou) 大媽
Songxi 大媽
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 大婆
Jianyang 大媽
Pucheng (Shibei) 大婆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大媽
Southern Min Xiamen 阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太媽 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
Quanzhou 太媽, 阿太, 祖媽
Zhangzhou 阿祖 face-to-face, 老祖仔 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
Taipei 查某祖
Kaohsiung 阿祖
Yilan 查某祖
Changhua (Lukang) 阿祖媽
Taichung 祖太
Taichung (Wuqi) 查某祖
Tainan 阿祖
Taitung 查某祖
Hsinchu 查某祖
Penghu (Magong) 查某祖
Penang (Hokkien) 老婆, 祖媽
Manila (Hokkien) 太媽, 阿太
Chaozhou 老媽
Shantou 老媽
Shantou (Chenghai) 老媽
Jieyang 老媽
Haifeng 老, 老老, 老媽
Bangkok (Teochew) 老媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 老媽
Leizhou 尼祖, 祖 face-to-face
Wenchang 老祖, 阿祖
Haikou 祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽
Puxian Min Putian 大媽
Xianyou 大媽
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 太婆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 太奶, 祖婆
Wu Shanghai 太婆, 太太, 女太太, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) 太太
Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) 太太
Shanghai (Fengxian) 太太, 阿太, 女太
Shanghai (Jinshan) 阿太, 女太
Shanghai (Qingpu) 太太
Shanghai (Jiading) 阿太
Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan) 太太
Shanghai (Chongming) 太婆, 太太 face-to-face
Suzhou 太太
Danyang 太嫚嫚, 太婆
Hangzhou 阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆
Ningbo 太婆, 阿太
Wenzhou 女老太, 女太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
Jinhua 太太, 太婆
Xiang Changsha 曾祖母
Xiangtan 老毑
Loudi 太婆
Hengyang 太婆
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