八婆

Chinese

		eight	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (八婆)		八	婆
simp. #(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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bapó
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: bā-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bapor
    • Palladius: бапо (bapo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ po⁴
    • Yale: baat pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pʰɔː²¹/

Noun

八婆

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

Coordinate terms

• 八公, 八妹