大婆

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (大婆)		大	婆
simp. ^#(大婆)		大	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàpó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ po^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ po³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-phò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàpó
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pʻo²
  - Yale: dà-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahpor
  - Palladius: дапо (dapo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàpór
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄛˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàpór
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pʻo²-ʼrh
  - Yale: dà-pór
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahporl
  - Palladius: дапор (dapor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ po^4-2
  - Yale: daaih pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ po^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai⁵ po³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² pʰᵘɔ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai poˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰo¹¹/

Noun

大婆

(dialectal) legal wife; primary wife
(Taishanese) great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's elder brother)
(dialectal Northern Min) great-grandmother

Synonyms

(legal wife):

Dialectal synonyms of 大老婆 (“official wife; primary wife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正室, 正房, 正妻, 嫡妻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大婆兒, 大娘們兒
	Taiwan	大老婆
	Singapore	大老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大婆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大婆兒, 大老婆
	Xi'an	大老婆
	Xuzhou	大婆兒, 大婆子, 大老婆
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	大老婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	大老婆, 大婆子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	大婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	大老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大婆
	Hong Kong	大婆
	Dongguan	大婆
Gan	Nanchang	大老婆
Huizhou	Jixi	大老嫗
Jin	Xinzhou	大婆子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	大某
	Quanzhou	大某
	Jinjiang	大某
	Zhangzhou	大某, 大姐
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大某
	Manila (Hokkien)	大某
	Leizhou	大娘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大婆
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	大老官
	Suzhou	大老媽
	Hangzhou	大老婆
	Wenzhou	正娘

(great-aunt): 伯祖母 (bózǔmǔ); (dialectal) 伯婆 (bópó); (Eastern Min, Hokkien) 姆婆; (Eastern Min) 依婆

Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾祖母
Northeastern 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
	Harbin	太奶
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老太太, 太奶, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老奶奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老太, 老太婆
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	老娘
	Xi'an	太
	Xining	太太
	Xuzhou	老太太
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太奶奶
	Lanzhou	太太
	Ürümqi	太太
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	祖祖
	Wuhan	老太, 老奶奶
	Guiyang	老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
	Kunming	太太
	Liuzhou	太婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	太奶奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿太
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	太婆
	Taishan	阿白
	Yangjiang	太婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	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
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太婆
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	太婆
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	太婆
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老太婆
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿白
	Wengyuan	太婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	婆太
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	婆太
	Liannan	阿太
	Jiexi	阿太
	Luhe	婆太
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太婆
	Changting	太婆, 婆太
	Wuping	太太
	Wuping (Yanqian)	太太
	Wuping (Pingyu)	婆太
	Liancheng	婆太
	Ninghua	婆太
	Yudu	太婆
	Ningdu	太婆
	Ruijin	婦娘太
	Shicheng	婆太
	Shangyou (Shexi)	太婆
	Tonggu (Sandu)	婆太
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太婆
	Dayu	太婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆太, 阿太
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	婆太, 阿太
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	婆太
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	婆太, 阿太
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿太, 婆太
	Hong Kong	婆太, 阿太
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太婆
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	阿太
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太婆
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太婆
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	祖婆
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	祖婆, 太婆
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	婆祖
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	婆祖
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	婆佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	婆太
	Luchuan	婆太
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿婆太
	Senai (Huiyang)	婆太
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	太媽
	Singkawang	婆太
Huizhou	Jixi	太婦
	Shexian	太奶
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	太婆, 老太太
Jin	Taiyuan	老奶
Jin	Xinzhou	老娘娘啊 face-to-face, 老娘娘 non-face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	太婆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	大媽
	Songxi	大媽
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	大婆
	Jianyang	大媽
	Pucheng (Shibei)	大婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大媽
Southern Min	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
	Yilan	查某祖
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿祖媽
	Taichung	祖太
	Taichung (Wuqi)	查某祖
	Tainan	阿祖
	Taitung	查某祖
	Hsinchu	查某祖
	Penghu (Magong)	查某祖
	Penang (Hokkien)	老婆, 祖媽
	Manila (Hokkien)	太媽, 阿太
	Chaozhou	老媽
	Shantou	老媽
	Shantou (Chenghai)	老媽
	Jieyang	老媽
	Haifeng	老, 老老, 老媽
	Bangkok (Teochew)	老媽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	老媽
	Leizhou	尼祖, 祖 face-to-face
	Wenchang	老祖, 阿祖
	Haikou	祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽
Puxian Min	Putian	大媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大媽
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	太婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	太奶, 祖婆
Wu	Shanghai	太婆, 太太, 女太太, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Shanghai (Chongming)	太婆, 太太 face-to-face
	Suzhou	太太
	Danyang	太嫚嫚, 太婆
	Hangzhou	阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆
	Ningbo	太婆, 阿太
	Wenzhou	女老太, 女太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
	Jinhua	太太, 太婆
Xiang	Changsha	曾祖母
	Xiangtan	老毑
	Loudi	太婆