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婆
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old woman

HSK 4 N1
Human →Relations →Occupations
pó
バ
ばば、ばあ
파
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 波 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 波 waves =
婆 old woman
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
波 Phonetic component
bō waves
waves, breakers
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Chinese
婆 [pó]
grandmother; matron; mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
Japanese
婆 ばば 、 ババ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana old woman
  2. card games usually kana joker (in old maid)
婆 、 婆あ ばばあ 、 ババア 、 ばばー 、 ババー 同音

noun

  1. usually kana old woman
  2. derogatoryusually kana hag; old bag
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
婆 うすき
Usuki unclassified name
婆 うすぎ
Usugi unclassified name
婆 すすき
Susuki unclassified name
婆 すすきの
Susukino unclassified name
婆 ばば
Baba unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (77)
老婆 [lǎo​pó] #934
(coll.) wife
外婆 [wài​pó] #4,122
(coll.) mother's mother
婆婆 [pó​po] #8,247
husband's mother
巫婆 [wū​pó] #6,662
witch
老太婆 [lǎo​tài​pó] #8,728
old woman (at times contemptuous)
婆娘 [pó​niáng] #10,204
woman (derog.)
阿婆 [ā​pó] #41,051
granny
公婆 [gōng​pó] #41,360
husband's parents
婆家 [pó​jia] #34,629
husband's family
婆婆妈妈 [pó​po​mā​mā] #17,785
effeminate
67 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (60)
⭐ 仲 [なか] #2,268
relation
⭐ 老婆 [ろうば] #9,417
old woman
⭐ 婆さん [ばあさん] #13,272
grandmother
⭐ お祖母さん [おばあさん] #17,515
grandmother
⭐ お婆ちゃん [おばあちゃん] #25,165
granny
お転婆 [おてんば] #32,432
tomboy
⭐ 婆ちゃん [ばあちゃん] #35,624
granny
おばあ様 [おばあさま] #37,110
grandmother
ババ抜き [ばばぬき] #40,851
old maid (game)
産婆 [さんば] #43,839
midwife
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
노파 #34,136
old woman
노파심
excessive solicitude; solicitude for another´s welfare