婆 (pó)

grandmother/wife (colloquial)

How 婆 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
婆
Simplified
婆 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 婆

老婆 lǎopó
(informal) wife
公婆 gōngpó
husband's parents; parents-in-law
外婆 wàipó
(informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
婆婆 pópo
husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
三姑六婆 sāngūliùpó
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
八婆 bāpó
meddling woman; nosy parker (Cantonese)
叔婆 shūpó
aunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife
大老婆 dàlǎopó
primary wife
太婆 tàipó
great-grandmother
姑婆 gūpó
grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law
婆囉洲 póluózhōu
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
婆娑 pósuō
dancing; whirling; hovering

婆 in a sentence

我老婆很喜歡做菜。

Wǒ lǎopó hěn xǐhuān zuòcài.

“My wife really likes to cook.”

How common is 婆?

婆 is the 1,345th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.3% of all running text.

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