叔婆
Chinese
uncle in direct address | grandmother; matron; mother-in-law | ||
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trad. (叔婆) | 叔 | 婆 | |
simp. #(叔婆) | 叔 | 婆 |
Pronunciation
Noun
叔婆
- aunt; aunt-in-law (husband's father's younger brother's wife)
- (dialectal, including Sichuanese, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka) great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother)
- (Yulin Yue, Fu'an Eastern Min and Sanming Shehua) paternal aunt (father's younger brother's wife)
Synonyms
- (aunt-in-law): 嬸婆/婶婆 (shěnpó); (Xiang) 叔娭毑
- (great-aunt): 叔祖母 (shūzǔmǔ); (Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) 嬸婆/婶婆 (shěnpó); (Hokkien) 嬸媽/婶妈; (Xiang) 叔娭毑, 叔外婆
Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”) [map]
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