婆
(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,168 U+5A46
How 婆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 波 (phonetic, bō)
How to remember it
old woman · Heisig RSH #709
波 waves + 女 woman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 波
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 波 (bō) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波 sound component | bō | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations |
| 菠 | bō | spinach |
Words containing 婆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公说公有理，婆说婆有理 | gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ | both sides claim they're right (idiom) |
| 婆罗门教 | pó luó mén jiào | Brahmanism; Hinduism |
| 苦口婆心 | kǔ kǒu pó xīn | earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently |
| 大老婆 | dà lǎo pó | primary wife |
| 小老婆 | xiǎo lǎo pó | concubine; mistress; (dialect) woman |
| 婆罗门 | Pó luó mén | Brahmin |
| 管家婆 | guǎn jiā pó | housewife (jocular); female housekeeper of a higher rank (old); busybody |
| 老婆本 | lǎo pó běn | savings a man puts aside for married life |
| 月婆子 | yuè pó zi | (coll.) lying-in woman |
| 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | old woman (at times contemptuous) |
| 收生婆 | shōu shēng pó | midwife |
| 接生婆 | jiē shēng pó | midwife |
| 巴婆果 | bā pó guǒ | pawpaw (Asimina triloba) |
| 婆子 | pó zi | old woman |
| 男人婆 | nán rén pó | tomboy |
| 黄脸婆 | huáng liǎn pó | faded old woman |
| 婆心 | pó xīn | (literary) kindheartedness |
| 婆家 | pó jiā | husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) |
| 家婆 | jiā pó | (dialect) mother-in-law; (house)wife |
| 公婆 | gōng pó | husband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife |