太婆
Chinese
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (太婆) | 太 | 婆 | |
| anagram | 婆太 | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
太婆
- (literary) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) great-grandmother [Qing–]
- (dialectal Mandarin, including Henan, Sichuan, honorific) elderly lady
- (Changsha Xiang) female brothel keeper; bawd; procurer
Usage notes
In most regions, it usually refers to the mother of one's paternal grandfather. In Cantonese, some people use this exclusively for the mother of one's maternal grandparent and use 太嫲 for the mother of one's paternal grandparent.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 祖母 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Taiwan | 奶奶 | |
| Harbin | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Shenyang | 奶奶 | |
| Jinan | 奶奶 | |
| Muping | 婆, 婆婆 | |
| Luoyang | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Wanrong | 娘 | |
| Xi'an | 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui | |
| Qingdao | 奶奶 | |
| Zhengzhou | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Xining | 奶奶 | |
| Xuzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Yinchuan | 奶奶 | |
| Lanzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Ürümqi | 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui | |
| Wuhan | 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated | |
| Chengdu | 婆婆, 奶奶 | |
| Guiyang | 太太, 奶奶, 老太太 | |
| Liuzhou | 奶, 阿奶, 婆 | |
| Kunming | 奶, 奶奶 | |
| Yangzhou | 奶奶, 太太 dated | |
| Nanjing | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Hefei | 奶奶 | |
| Nantong | 奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong | 阿嫲, 嫲嫲 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 阿嫲 | |
| Macau | 阿嫲 | |
| Panyu | 阿嫲 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 阿嫲 | |
| Conghua | 阿嫲 | |
| Zengcheng | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Foshan | 阿嫲 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 阿人 | |
| Shunde | 阿人 | |
| Sanshui | 阿嫲 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 阿婆 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿婆 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 阿婆 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 阿婆 | |
| Doumen | 阿婆 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿婆 | |
| Xinhui | 阿婆 | |
| Taishan | 阿人 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿人 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 阿人 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 阿嫲 | |
| Dongguan | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Shaoguan | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Yunfu | 阿奶 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Xinyi | 阿婆 | |
| Lianjiang | 阿嫲 | |
| Nanning | 婆 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 阿嫲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 婆婆, 奶奶, 奶子 |
| Lichuan | 姆媽 | |
| Pingxiang | 婆婆 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿婆 |
| Xingning | 阿婆 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 阿婆 | |
| Qujiang | 娭姐 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿婆 | |
| Luchuan | 阿婆 | |
| Changting | 娭姐 | |
| Pingyu | 阿婆 | |
| Wuping | 娭姐 | |
| Liancheng | 阿姐, 媽 | |
| Ninghua | 媽媽 | |
| Yudu | 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶 | |
| Ruijin | 奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 婆 | |
| Shangyou | 奶奶 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿婆, 阿嬤 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿婆, 阿奶 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 阿嬤, 阿婆 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿媽 | |
| Hong Kong | 阿婆 | |
| Sabah | 阿婆 | |
| Senai | 阿婆 | |
| Singkawang | 阿婆 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婦, 阿婦 |
| Shexian | 奶奶, 老姨 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶奶 |
| Pingyao | 娘娘 | |
| Xinzhou | 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 奶奶, 嫲嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依媽 |
| Fuqing | 媽, 阿媽 | |
| Matsu | 依媽 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽 |
| Quanzhou | 媽仔, 俺媽, 內媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽, 內媽 mT | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽 | |
| Wuqi | 阿媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽 | |
| Taitung | 阿媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽, 俺媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽 | |
| Penang | 阿媽, 媽 | |
| Singapore | 俺媽, 阿媽 | |
| Pingnan | 媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽 | |
| Shantou | 阿媽 | |
| Haifeng | 媽, 阿媽 | |
| Johor Bahru | 阿媽 | |
| Haikou | 阿媽, 媽, 婆 | |
| Leizhou | 媽, 嬭, 尼媽, 尼嬭 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿媽 |
| Xianyou | 阿媽 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 奶, 太婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶 |
| Suzhou | 好婆, 好親婆, 親婆 | |
| Hangzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Wenzhou | 娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘 | |
| Chongming | 裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿 | |
| Danyang | 嫚嫚 | |
| Jinhua | 媽媽 | |
| Ningbo | 阿娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 娭毑 |
| Shuangfeng | 奶奶 | |
| Xiangtan | 娭毑 | |
| Loudi | 佳婆, 奶奶 | |
| Quanzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Note | mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified) | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 曾祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 老祖兒, 女老祖兒, 老祖奶奶, 老太太 Hui, 太太 suburbs, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face |
| Taiwan | 曾祖母 | |
| Tianjin | 老太太 | |
| Harbin | 太奶 | |
| Jinan | 老奶奶 | |
| Muping | 老太, 老太婆 | |
| Wanrong | 老娘 | |
| Xi'an | 太 | |
| Xining | 太太 | |
| Xuzhou | 老太太 | |
| Yinchuan | 太奶奶 | |
| Lanzhou | 太太 | |
| Ürümqi | 太太 | |
| Wuhan | 老太, 老奶奶 | |
| Chengdu | 祖祖 | |
| Guiyang | 老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖 | |
| Liuzhou | 太婆 | |
| Kunming | 太太 | |
| Nanjing | 太奶奶 | |
| Nantong | 太太, 太婆, 女太太 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 太嫲, 太婆 |
| Hong Kong | 太嫲, 太婆 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 太婆 | |
| Yangjiang | 太婆 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 太婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 太婆 |
| Lichuan | 太婆 | |
| Pingxiang | 老婆婆 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿太, 婆太 |
| Xingning | 婆白 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 阿婆太 | |
| Qujiang | 婆太 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 婆太 | |
| Changting | 太婆, 婆太 | |
| Pingyu | 婆太 | |
| Wuping | 太太 | |
| Liancheng | 婆太 | |
| Ninghua | 婆太 | |
| Yudu | 太婆 | |
| Ruijin | 婦娘太 | |
| Shicheng | 婆太 | |
| Shangyou | 太婆 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 婆太, 阿太 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 婆太, 阿太 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 婆太 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 婆太, 阿太 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿太, 婆太 | |
| Hong Kong | 婆太 | |
| Sabah | 阿婆太 | |
| Senai | 婆太 | |
| Singkawang | 婆太 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 太婦 |
| Shexian | 太奶 | |
| Tunxi | 太婆, 老太太 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老奶 |
| Xinzhou | 老娘娘啊 face-to-face, 老娘娘 non-face-to-face | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 太婆 |
| Dikou | 大媽 | |
| Songxi | 大媽 | |
| Zhenqian | 大婆 | |
| Jianyang | 大媽 | |
| Shibei | 大婆 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 大媽 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太媽 non-face-to-face, 祖媽 |
| Quanzhou | 太媽, 阿太, 祖媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿祖 face-to-face, 老祖仔 non-face-to-face, 祖媽 | |
| Taipei | 查某祖 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿祖 | |
| Tainan | 阿祖 | |
| Taichung | 祖太 | |
| Wuqi | 查某祖 | |
| Hsinchu | 查某祖 | |
| Taitung | 查某祖 | |
| Lukang | 阿祖媽 | |
| Yilan | 查某祖 | |
| Magong | 查某祖 | |
| Penang | 老婆, 祖媽 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 太媽, 阿太 | |
| Chaozhou | 老媽 | |
| Shantou | 老媽 | |
| Haifeng | 老, 老老, 老媽 | |
| Johor Bahru | 老媽 | |
| Wenchang | 老祖, 阿祖 | |
| Haikou | 祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽 | |
| Leizhou | 尼祖, 祖 face-to-face | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 大媽 |
| Xianyou | 大媽 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 太奶, 祖婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 太婆, 太太, 女太太, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face |
| Suzhou | 太太 | |
| Hangzhou | 阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 女老太, 女太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face | |
| Chongming | 太婆, 太太 face-to-face | |
| Danyang | 太嫚嫚, 太婆 | |
| Jinhua | 太太, 太婆 | |
| Ningbo | 太婆, 阿太 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 曾祖母 |
| Xiangtan | 老毑 | |
| Loudi | 太婆 | |