姑婆

Chinese

		paternal aunt	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (姑婆)		姑	婆
simp. ^#(姑婆)		姑	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gūpó

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu¹ po²
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ po⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): gu¹ po²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû-phò
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-pô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gupó
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-pʻo²
  - Yale: gū-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gupor
  - Palladius: гупо (gupo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gu¹ po²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gupo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ po⁴
  - Yale: gū pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ po⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gu¹ po²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁴² pʰo²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu´ poˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-pô
  - Tâi-lô: koo-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'pooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

Noun

姑婆

(regional) husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
(regional) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
(chiefly Hokkien) spinster
(Taiwanese Hokkien, Catholicism) nun

Synonyms

(husband's paternal aunt):

Dialectal synonyms of 姑婆 (“husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	姑婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑奶奶, 姑太
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑太
Wu	Ningbo	姑婆

(paternal grandaunt):

Dialectal synonyms of 姑奶奶 (“paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姑奶奶
Mandarin	Beijing	姑奶奶
	Taiwan	姑婆
	Tianjin	姑奶奶
	Chengde	姑奶奶
	Tangshan	姑奶
	Cangzhou	姑奶奶
	Baoding	姑奶奶
	Shijiazhuang	老姑姑, 老姑
	Chifeng	姑奶奶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姑奶奶
	Heihe	姑奶
	Qiqihar	姑奶奶
	Harbin	姑奶奶
	Jiamusi	姑奶
	Baicheng	姑奶
	Changchun	姑奶
	Tonghua	姑奶
	Shenyang	姑奶
	Dandong	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Jinzhou	姑奶
	Dalian	姑奶奶
	Yantai	姑婆
	Yantai (Muping)	姑婆
	Qingdao	老姑
	Lijin	老姑
	Zhucheng	姑嬤嬤
	Jinan	姑奶奶
	Jining	姑奶奶
	Wanrong	老姑
	Shangqiu	姑奶奶
	Yuanyang	姑奶
	Zhengzhou	姑奶
	Lingbao	姑奶, 老姑
	Xinyang	姑奶
	Baihe	姑奶
	Hanzhong	姑婆
	Xi'an	姑奶奶, 姑奶, 姑婆, 姑拿 Hui
	Baoji	婆
	Yinchuan	姑奶奶
	Tianshui	姑娃婆
	Lanzhou	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Dunhuang	姑奶奶
	Xining	姑奶奶
	Hami	姑奶奶
	Ürümqi	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Wuhan	姑太
	Yichang	姑婆
	Xiangyang	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Tianmen	姑婆
	Hong'an	姑奶
	Chengdu	姑奶奶
	Nanchong	姑婆
	Dazhou	姑婆
	Hanyuan	姑奶, 姑婆
	Xichang	婆婆
	Zigong	姑婆
	Chongqing	姑婆, 婆婆
	Guiyang	姑太, 姑奶奶
	Zunyi	姑婆, 太娘娘
	Bijie	老瓜
	Liping	姑婆
	Zhaotong	姑奶奶
	Dali	姑奶
	Kunming	姑奶, 姑老太
Mengzi	姑奶
Guilin	姑奶
Liuzhou	姑奶, 姑婆
Jishou	姑婆
Changde	姑奶奶
Anqing	姑奶奶
Xuzhou	姑奶奶
Fuyang	姑奶奶
Wuhu	姑奶奶
Yangzhou	姑奶奶, 姑太太
Lianyungang	姑奶
Lianshui	姑奶
Nanjing	姑奶奶, 姑奶
Hefei	姑奶
Nantong	姑奶奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑婆
	Hong Kong	姑婆
	Dongguan	姑婆
Gan	Nanchang	姑婆
	Lichuan	姑婆
	Pingxiang	姑婆
Hakka	Meixian	姑婆
	Yudu	姑婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姑婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姑婆
Huizhou	Jixi	姑婆
Huizhou	Shexian	姑奶奶, 姑婆
Jin	Taiyuan	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Yangyuan	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Datong	姑奶奶
	Xinzhou	老姑姑
	Lishi	老姑兒
	Linfen	老姑
	Changzhi	姑奶奶
	Linhe	老姑姑, 老姑
	Jining	姑奶奶
	Hohhot	姑奶奶
	Erenhot	姥姥
	Pingshan	老姑姑, 老姑
	Zhangjiakou	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Handan	老姑
	Linzhou	姑奶奶
	Suide	老姑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姑嫲婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姑婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	姑婆
	Quanzhou	姑婆
	Zhangzhou	姑婆
	Taipei	姑婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	姑婆
	Kaohsiung	姑婆
	Yilan	姑婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	姑婆
	Taichung	姑婆
	Tainan	姑婆
	Hsinchu	姑婆
	Kinmen	姑婆
	Penghu (Magong)	姑婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	姑媽, 姑婆
	Shantou	老姑
	Jieyang	老姑
	Leizhou	姑嬭, 姑婆
	Haikou	姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑太
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	姑婆
	Danyang	姑嫚嫚
	Hangzhou	姑婆奶奶
	Ningbo	姑婆
	Wenzhou	姑婆娘, 姑婆
	Jinhua	姑婆
Xiang	Changsha	姑娭毑
Xiang	Loudi	大𱙦 >, 嫚𱙦 <
Note	> - older than paternal grandfather; < - younger than paternal grandfather

(spinster):

Dialectal synonyms of 老處女 (“spinster; old unmarried woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老處女, 老姑娘
Mandarin	Beijing	老姑娘
	Taiwan	老處女
	Tianjin	老姑娘, 大閨女
	Tangshan	老姑娘, 家姑兒老
	Cangzhou	老姑娘
	Baoding	老姑娘, 家姑兒老
	Shijiazhuang	老閨妮
	Chifeng	老姑娘
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老姑娘
	Heihe	老姑娘
	Qiqihar	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Harbin	老姑娘, 老大姑娘
	Jiamusi	老姑娘, 老閨娘, 家姑老
	Baicheng	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Changchun	老姑娘, 老大姑娘
	Tonghua	老姑娘
	Shenyang	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Dandong	老姑娘, 老女兒, 老閨女
	Jinzhou	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Dalian	老姑娘
	Yantai	老姑娘
	Qingdao	老大嫚兒
	Lijin	老丫頭
	Zhucheng	老姑娘
	Jinan	老姑娘
	Jining	老姑娘
	Luoyang	老閨女, 老姑娘
	Wanrong	老女子
	Shangqiu	老姑娘
	Yuanyang	老姑娘, 老閨女
	Zhengzhou	老閨女
	Lingbao	老女兒
	Xinyang	老姑娘
	Baihe	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Hanzhong	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Xi'an	老姑娘, 老處女
	Baoji	老姑娘
	Yinchuan	老姑娘, 老丫頭
	Tianshui	老姑娘
	Lanzhou	老姑娘, 老女子
	Dunhuang	老姑娘, 老丫頭
	Xining	老丫頭, 老姑娘
	Hami	老姑娘
	Ürümqi	老丫頭, 老姑娘
	Wuhan	老姑娘
	Yichang	老姑娘
	Xiangyang	老姑娘
	Tianmen	老姑娘
	Hong'an	老姑娘
	Chengdu	老姑娘兒, 老女子
	Nanchong	老姑娘, 老女子
	Dazhou	老姑娘
	Hanyuan	老姑娘
	Xichang	老女兒
	Zigong	老姑娘兒
	Chongqing	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Guiyang	老姑娘, 老處女
	Zunyi	老姑娘
	Bijie	老姑娘
	Liping	老姑娘
	Zhaotong	老姑娘
	Dali	老姑娘
	Kunming	老姑娘, 老處女
	Mengzi	老姑娘
Guilin	老姑娘
Liuzhou	老女, 老姑娘
Jishou	大姑娘家兒, 老姑娘家兒
Changde	老姐姐
Anqing	老姑娘
Xuzhou	老姑娘, 家姑老, 老閨女, 老大閨女
Fuyang	老姑娘
Wuhu	老姑娘
Yangzhou	老姑娘
Lianyungang	老大閨女
Lianshui	老姑娘
Nanjing	老姑娘
Hefei	老姑娘
Nantong	老姑娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老姑婆
	Hong Kong	老姑婆
	Taishan	老姑婆
	Dongguan	老姑婆
Gan	Nanchang	老姑子
	Lichuan	老姑娘
	Pingxiang	老女
Hakka	Meixian	老姑娘, 老姑婆
	Yudu	老紅花女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老姑婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老姑婆
Huizhou	Jixi	老姑娘
Huizhou	Shexian	老姑娘
Jin	Taiyuan	老閨女, 老姑娘
	Yangyuan	老姑娘
	Datong	老姑娘
	Xinzhou	老閨女
	Lishi	老女子
	Linfen	老女子
	Changzhi	老閨女
	Linhe	大女子
	Jining	老女兒
	Hohhot	老姑娘
	Erenhot	老姑娘
	Pingshan	老女兒, 家姑兒老
	Zhangjiakou	老姑娘
	Handan	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Linzhou	大閨女
	Suide	老女子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	公眾姑嫲婆, 老姑嫲
Southern Min	Xiamen	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Quanzhou	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Zhangzhou	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Tainan	老姑婆
	Jieyang	老姑婆
	Leizhou	老姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老大姐
Wu	Shanghai	老姑娘, 老小姐
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老姑娘
	Suzhou	老小姐, 老姑娘
	Danyang	老姑娘
	Hangzhou	老姑娘兒
	Ningbo	老大姑娘, 老大小姐
	Wenzhou	老院主
	Jinhua	老姑娘
Xiang	Changsha	老姑娘
Xiang	Loudi	老嫚姎

Derived terms

大笑姑婆
姑婆芋
老姑婆 (lǎogūpó)
虎姑婆

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