Chinese edit

 
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (太婆)
simp. #(太婆)
anagram 婆太

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

太婆

  1. (literary) paternal grandmother
  2. (dialectal) great-grandmother [Qing–]
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, including Henan, Sichuanese, honorific) elderly lady
  4. (Changsha Xiang) female brothel keeper; bawd; procurer

Usage notes edit

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 edit