八婆

八婆

Chinese

		eight	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (八婆)		八	婆

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Cantonese 八卦 (baat3 gwaa3, “to gossip”) + 婆 (po4, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ po⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bapor
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ po⁴
    • Yale: baat pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ po⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pʰɔː²¹/

Noun

八婆

1. (chiefly Cantonese, colloquial) nosey parker; meddling woman

Coordinate terms

• 八公, 八妹