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HSK
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
husband's parents; parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
wealthy woman
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
primary wife
Brahmin
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
great-grandmother
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb
(literary) kindheartedness
midwife
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
(dialect) cockroach
witch / sorceress / female shaman
HSK 7-9
husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma
midwife
old woman
concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *婆* | 婆* | *婆
(bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway
tearful (idiom)
hot-water bottle
(dialect) wife / married woman
aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife
Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
(dialect) mother-in-law / (house)wife
Shiva (Hindu deity)
matchmaker
old woman (at times contemptuous)
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
faded old woman
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt
granny / mother-in-law
midwife who induces labor
meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
hot-water bottle
midwife
grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law
woman (derog.)
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin
tomboy
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
(coll.) lying-in woman
(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
(dialect) hen; prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC
Brahmanism / Hinduism
midwife (old term)


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