婆婆
pó po
Pinyin

Definition

婆婆
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pó po
  1. husband's mother
  2. mother-in-law
  3. grandma

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
公婆
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
婆婆
pó po
  1. 1 husband's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 grandma
阿婆
ā pó
  1. 1 granny
  2. 2 mother-in-law

Idioms (8)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
泪眼婆娑
lèi yǎn pó suō
  1. 1 tearful (idiom)
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans

Sample Sentences

A（媒婆）B（新娘）C（公公）D（婆婆）
A （méipó ）B （xīnniáng ）C （gōnggong ）D （pópo ）
A (matchmaker) B (bride) C (father in law) D (mother in law)
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不说了，明天普渡记得帮我把我们买的东西都搬下去拜拜。隔壁王婆婆最近腰受伤，我得去帮他去。
bù shuō le ，míngtiān pǔdù jìde bāng wǒ bǎ wǒmen mǎi de dōngxi dōu bān xiàqu bàibài 。gébì Wáng pópo zuìjìn yāo shòushāng ，wǒ děi qù bāng tā qù 。
OK, let's not talk about it, remember to put the stuff we bought out for sacrifice tomorrow for Ghost Festival. Mrs Wang from next door hurt her hip recently, so I have to go and help her.
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婆婆，你是谁？这里是哪里？
pópo ，nǐ shì shéi ？zhèlǐ shì nǎli ？
Who are you, ma'am? Where is this?
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我想你们平时一直照顾我们，除夕就我们来准备吧。这样，你们和公公婆婆都来我们家吃饭，我们一家人多热闹。
wǒ xiǎng nǐmen píngshí yīzhí zhàogu wǒmen ，Chúxī jiù wǒmen lái zhǔnbèi ba 。zhèyàng ，nǐmen hé gōnggong pópo dōu lái wǒmen jiā chīfàn ，wǒmen yī jiā rén duō rènao 。
I think that you all are always taking care of us. On New Year's Eve, we want to take care of things. This way, you and the in-laws can come to our house to eat. With our family together it will be more lively.
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我婆婆呀！我家宝宝已经烧了两天了，医院也去了药也吃了。可是烧还没退。结果昨天我婆婆拿着一碗“神水”要给宝宝喝。你们知道那是什么吗？
wǒ pópo ya ！wǒjiā bǎobao yǐjīng shāo le liǎngtiān le ，yīyuàn yě qù le yào yě chī le 。kěshì shāo hái méi tuì 。jiéguǒ zuótiān wǒ pópo názhe yī wǎn “shénshuǐ ”yào gěi bǎobao hē 。nǐmen zhīdào nà shì shénme ma ？
My mother-in-law! My baby's had a fever for two days, and we've already gone to the hospital to get medicine for her. But the fever still hasn't gone down. So yesterday my mother-in-law got a bowl of “magic water” to give to the baby. Do you know what that is?
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我妈妈跟我婆婆带。
wǒ māma gēn wǒ pópo dài 。
My mom and my mother in law take care of it.
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你是她婆婆还是她老妈？
nǐ shì tā pópo háishì tā lǎomā ？
What are you, her mother-in-law? Her mother?
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哎，还不是生孩子的事儿，我婆婆天天在我面前唠叨。
āi ，háibùshì shēng háizi de shìr ，wǒ pópo tiāntiān zài wǒ miànqián láodao 。
Yeah, it's still the fact that I don't have any kids. My mother-in-law nags me about it every day.
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我要是这么做，我婆婆不催我老公休了我才怪！希望我们千万不要走到这一步。
wǒ yàoshì zhème zuò ，wǒ pópo bù cuī wǒ lǎogōng xiū le wǒ cái guài ！xīwàng wǒmen qiānwàn bù yào zǒudàozhèyībù 。
If I do this, it wouldn't be surprising at all if my mother-in-law told my husband to throw me out of the house! I hope that we don't get to this stage.
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那么有些客户很婆婆妈妈的，会跟你说，哎呀，我为什么要买这个东西，因为呢，我妈妈怎么样，然后呢我爸爸怎么样，我女儿怎么样。然后呢，哎呀，说了半天。但是你不要以为就是他们都是在啰里啰唆当中说，你的销售线索往往就是从这些杂碎的东西里面获得的。
nàme yǒuxiē kèhù hěn pópomāmā de ，huì gēn nǐ shuō ，āiyā ，wǒ wèishénme yào mǎi zhè ge dōngxi ，yīnwèi ne ，wǒ māma zěnmeyàng ，ránhòu ne wǒ bàba zěnmeyàng ，wǒ nǚér zěnmeyàng 。ránhòu ne ，āiyā ，shuō le bàntiān 。dànshì nǐ bù yào yǐwéi jiùshì tāmen dōu shì zài luōliluōsuō dāngzhōng shuō ，nǐ de xiāoshòu xiànsuǒ wǎngwǎng jiù shì cóng zhèxiē zásuì de dōngxi lǐmiàn huòdé de 。
Some customers just go on and on, and they'll say, "Ah, the reason I have to buy this thing is that my mom is like this, and then my dad is like that, and my daughter is like that." And then she's said a lot. But don't think that she's just babbling on aimlessly. Your sales clues are usually obtained from that random babble.
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