姑婆

姑婆

Chinese

		paternal aunt	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (姑婆)		姑	婆
simp. #(姑婆)		姑	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gūpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): gu¹ po²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ po⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): gu¹ po²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû-phò
• Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gupó
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: gū-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gupor
    • Palladius: гупо (gupo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ pʰwɔ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu¹ po²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gupo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ po⁴
    • Yale: gū pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gu¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁴² pʰo²⁴/

Note: only "paternal grandaunt".

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-phò
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu´ poˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-pô
    • Tâi-lô: koo-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'pooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

Noun

姑婆

1. husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
2. paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
3. (chiefly Min Nan) spinster

Synonyms

• (paternal grandaunt): 姑奶奶 (gūnǎinai); (Min Nan) 姑媽; (Xiang) 姑娭毑

Derived terms

大笑姑婆 姑婆芋

老姑婆 (lǎogūpó) 虎姑婆