太婆

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Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
 grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (太婆) 太 婆
simp. #(太婆) 太 婆
anagram 婆太

Pronunciation

Noun

太婆

  1. (literary) paternal grandmother
  2. (dialectal) great-grandmother
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, including Henan, Sichuanese, honorific) elderly lady
  4. (Changsha Xiang) female brothel keeper; bawd; procurer

Usage notes

In most regions, it usually refers to the mother of one's paternal grandfather. In Cantonese, some people use this exclusively for the mother of one's maternal grandparent and use 太嫲 for the mother of one's paternal grandparent.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 祖母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 祖母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 奶奶, 奶
Taiwan 奶奶, 阿嬤
Harbin 奶奶, 奶
Shenyang 奶奶
Singapore 奶奶
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 奶奶
Jinan 奶奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 婆, 婆婆
Qingdao 奶奶
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 奶奶, 奶
Wanrong 娘
Zhengzhou 奶奶, 奶
Xi'an 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
Xining 奶奶
Xuzhou 奶奶
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 奶奶, 阿奶
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 拿拿
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 奶奶
Lanzhou 奶奶
Ürümqi 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 婆婆, 奶奶
Wuhan 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
Guiyang 太太, 奶奶, 老太太
Kunming 奶, 奶奶
Guilin 奶奶
Liuzhou 婆, 奶, 阿奶
Shanglin (Sanli) 婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 奶奶, 奶, 吾奶
Yangzhou 奶奶, 太太 dated
Nantong 奶奶
Hefei 奶奶
Huanggang 婆婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫲
Hong Kong 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿嫲, 嫲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿婆
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿婆
Macau 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Huangpu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Foshan 阿嫲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿人
Foshan (Shunde) 阿人
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嫲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿婆
Taishan 阿人
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿人
Enping (Niujiang) 阿人
Heshan (Yayao) 阿嫲
Dongguan 阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿媽, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿婆
Qingyuan 阿婆
Fogang 阿嫲
Yingde (Hanguang) 阿嫲
Yangshan 阿婆
Lianshan (Butian) 吾妣
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 阿婆
Shaoguan 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Renhua 阿婆, 阿嫲
Lechang 阿嫲
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 阿嫲, 阿奶
Sihui 阿婆
Guangning 阿婆
Deqing 阿婆, 阿奶
Huaiji 阿婆
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 婆
Yunfu 阿奶
Xinxing 阿娘
Luoding 阿嫲
Yunan (Pingtai) 阿嫲
Yangjiang 阿婆, 阿嫲
Xinyi 阿婆
Maoming (Xinpo) 阿婆
Lianjiang 阿嫲
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 奶, 阿奶
Nanning 阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
Wuzhou 阿嫲
Yulin 阿婆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿嫲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Gan Nanchang 婆婆, 奶奶
Lichuan 姆媽
Pingxiang 婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿婆
Xingning 阿婆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 阿婆
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 阿婆
Huiyang 阿婆
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 阿嫲, 阿婆
Huidong (Daling) 阿婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿婆
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 阿婆
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 阿嫲
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿婆
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿婆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿婆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿婆
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿婆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿婆, 祖婆
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 阿嫲
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 阿婆
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 阿濟
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 阿濟
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 阿嫲
Wengyuan 阿婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 娭姐
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 阿嫲
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿婆
Liannan 阿婆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿婆
Jiexi 阿婆
Luhe 阿婆
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿嬤
Changting 娭姐
Wuping 娭姐
Wuping (Yanqian) 娭姐
Wuping (Pingyu) 阿婆
Liancheng 阿姐, 媽
Ninghua 媽媽
Yudu 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
Ningdu 婆婆
Ruijin 奶奶, 奶
Shicheng 婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 奶奶, 阿奶
Tonggu (Sandu) 姐姐
Ganzhou (Panlong) 奶奶
Dayu 奶奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿婆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿婆, 阿嬤
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿婆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿婆, 阿奶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿嬤, 阿婆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿媽
Hong Kong 阿婆
Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿婆
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿婆
Xinyi (Sihe) 阿婆
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿婆
Gaozhou (Xindong) 阿婆
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿婆
Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿婆, 阿媽
Mengshan (Xihe) 婆
Luchuan 阿婆
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿婆
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿婆
Senai (Huiyang) 阿婆
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿媽
Singkawang 阿婆
Huizhou Jixi 婦, 阿婦
Shexian 奶奶, 老姨
Huangshan (Tunxi) 老婄, 婄
Xiuning 阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
Yixian 老婦兒
Qimen 嫗兒, 娪娭
Wuyuan 婆婆
Fuliang 媽媽
Dexing 娘
Jingde 奶奶
Shitai (Xianyu) 奶奶
Jin Taiyuan 奶奶
Pingyao 娘娘
Xinzhou 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
Linhe 娘娘
Hohhot 奶奶
Dongsheng 娘娘
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶奶, 媽媽
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿媽
Songxi 嫲老
Zhenghe 媽老
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿老
Jianyang 媽媽
Wuyishan 媽媽
Pucheng (Shibei) 媽媽, 阿大
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依媽
Fuzhou (Changle) 依媽
Fuqing 阿媽, 媽
Yongtai 依媽
Gutian 媽
Fu'an 婆
Ningde 婆
Shouning 阿婆
Zhouning 阿婆
Fuding 阿媽
Matsu 依媽
Singapore (Fuqing) 阿媽
Southern Min Xiamen 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Xiamen (Tong'an) 俺媽, 阿媽
Quanzhou 阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
Jinjiang 俺媽, 引媽
Yongchun 阿媽, 媽
Zhangzhou 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 媽
Zhao'an 媽
Dongshan 阿媽
Taipei 阿媽
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿媽
Kaohsiung 阿媽
Yilan 阿媽
Changhua (Lukang) 阿媽, 俺媽
Taichung 阿媽
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿媽
Tainan 阿媽, 內媽
Taitung 阿媽
Hsinchu 阿媽
Kinmen 俺媽
Penghu (Magong) 阿媽
Penang (Hokkien) 阿媽, 媽
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Manila (Hokkien) 俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
Longyan 媽
Zhangping 媽
Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺媽
Datian 阿媽
Pingnan (Shangdu) 阿媽, 媽
Chaozhou 阿媽
Shantou 阿媽
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿媽
Jieyang 阿媽
Haifeng 媽, 阿媽
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿媽
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 內媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿媽
Singapore (Teochew) 阿媽
Leizhou 尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
Wenchang 奶, 婆
Haikou 阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿婆
Puxian Min Putian 阿媽
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 阿媽
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 阿媽
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 阿媽
Xianyou 阿媽
Xianyou (Fengting) 阿媽
Xianyou (Youyang) 阿媽
Central Min Yong'an 俺媽
Sanming (Sanyuan) 婆媽
Sanming (Shaxian) 俺媽
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 婆
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 婆, 阿婆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 奶奶
Shehua Fu'an 阿婆
Fuding 阿嫲
Luoyuan 阿嫲
Sanming 阿嫲
Shunchang 阿婆
Hua'an 阿婆
Guixi (Zhangping) 阿婆
Cangnan 嫲
Jingning (Hexi) 姐
Lishui 姐
Longyou 阿姐
Chaozhou 姐
Fengshun 姐
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 婆
Wu Shanghai 爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
Shanghai (Chongming) 裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
Suzhou 好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
Wuxi 親娘
Danyang 嫚嫚
Hangzhou 奶奶
Ningbo 阿娘
Wenzhou 娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
Jinhua 媽媽
Jinhua (Tangxi) 媽媽
Xiang Changsha 娭毑
Xiangtan 娭毑
Loudi 佳婆, 奶奶
Shuangfeng 奶奶
Hengyang 奶奶
Quanzhou 奶奶
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
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 (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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