婆婆

pópo
  1. husband's mother
  2. mother-in-law
  3. grandma

CEDICT

  1. (dialectal) old woman
  2. (figurative, Mainland China) higher authorities; superior; leader
  3. higher authorities; superior; leader
  4. old woman

Wiktionary

  1. 尊稱年老的婦女。
  2. 妻子稱丈夫的母親。
  3. 祖母的俗稱。
  4. 大陸地區喻領導機構或幹部。

重編國語辭典

Examples

她和她婆婆实在很像。

She strongly resembles her grandmother.

Source: Tatoeba

我和婆婆相處得十分融洽。

I'm getting along with my mother-in-law very well.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 婆 pó
  1. (bound form) grandmother
  2. (bound form) matron
  3. (bound form) mother-in-law
  4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
2 婆 pó
  1. (bound form) grandmother
  2. (bound form) matron
  3. (bound form) mother-in-law
  4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

Containing this entry

婆婆媽媽 pópomāmā
  1. effeminate
  2. old-womanish
  3. garrulous
  4. fainthearted
  5. overly careful
  6. overly sensitive
  7. maudlin
婆婆媽媽 popómāma
雅加婆婆 Yǎjiā Popó
婆婆納 pópónà
婆婆丁 popódīng
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Related entries

家娘 jiāniáng (dialect) husband's mother
阿家 āgū husband's mother
姑 gū
  1. paternal aunt
  2. husband's sister
  3. husband's mother (old)
  4. nun
  5. for the time being (literary)
家婆 jiāpó
  1. (dialect) mother-in-law
  2. (house)wife
泰水 tàishuǐ
  1. (literary) mother-in-law
  2. wife's mother
阿婆 āpó
  1. granny
  2. mother-in-law
婆 pó
  1. (bound form) grandmother
  2. (bound form) matron
  3. (bound form) mother-in-law
  4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
你老婆为什么伤心？

Why is your wife sad?

Source: Tatoeba

奶奶 nǎinai
  1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
  2. (respectful) mistress of the house
  3. (coll.) boobies
  4. breasts

classifier: 位

我奶奶失去了記憶。

My grandmother lost her memory.

Source: Tatoeba

姥 lǎo grandma (maternal)
阿媽 āmā
  1. grandma (paternal) (Tw)
  2. (dialect) mother
  3. nurse
  4. amah
  5. (Manchu) father
阿妈买马。

Your grandmother bought a horse.

Source: Tatoeba

阿嬤 āmā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. á-ma)
佳玲說她阿嬤會用 LINE 了，還每天傳貼圖。

Chia-ling said her grandma knows how to use LINE now. She sends stickers every day.

Source: Tatoeba