公婆

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (公婆)		公	婆
simp. #(公婆)		公	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ po^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹ po²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-phò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-pô
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-bu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongpó
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: gūng-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongpor
    • Palladius: гунпо (gunpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ po^4-2
    • Yale: gūng pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gung¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴² pʰo²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-phò
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ poˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ po²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pô
    • Tâi-lô: kong-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongpooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-bu
    • MiniDict: kon^平 bu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-bu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ bu²¹/

Noun

公婆

1. parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents

   見公婆／见公婆  ―  jiàn gōngpó  ―  (of a woman) to meet the in-laws (for the first time)

2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) husband and wife; married couple
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) ancestor; predecessor
4. (Mainland China Hokkien) spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公婆 (“parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	大家官, 家官
	Quanzhou	大家官, 家官
	Zhangzhou	大家官, 家官
	Tainan	大家官

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
	Taiwan	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Langfang	兩口子
	Harbin	兩口子, 公母倆
	Singapore	夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	兩口子
	Cangzhou	兩口子
	Baoding	兩口子
	Shijiazhuang	兩口子
	Jinan	兩口子, 兩口兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
	Daming	兩口子
	Wanrong	婆夫, 婆夫倆
	Xi'an	兩口子
	Xining	兩口兒, 兩口兒子
	Xuzhou	公母倆兒, 公母倆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	夫妻, 兩口子
	Lanzhou	夫妻兩個
	Ürümqi	夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Wuhan	夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
	Guiyang	兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Liuzhou	兩口子, 兩公婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Yangzhou	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Hefei	夫妻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兩公婆, 公婆
	Hong Kong	兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	兩公婆
	Macau	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	兩公婆
	Foshan	兩公婆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	兩公婆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	兩公婆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	兩公婆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	兩公婆
	Taishan	兩公婆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	兩公婆
	Enping (Niujiang)	兩公婆
	Heshan (Yayao)	兩公婆
	Dongguan	兩公婆, 夫妻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	兩公婆
	Yangjiang	兩公婆, 公婆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兩公婆
Gan	Nanchang	兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
	Lichuan	兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
	Pingxiang	兩公婆
Hakka	Meixian	兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
	Xingning	兩公婆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	兩公婆
	Huidong (Daling)	兩公婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	兩公婆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	兩公婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	兩公婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	兩公婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	兩公婆
	Changting	兩公婆
	Wuping	兩公婆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	兩公婆
	Liancheng	兩公婆
	Yudu	公婆, 公婆兩
	Ruijin	兩公婆, 兩老子
	Shicheng	兩公婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	兩公婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Huizhou	Jixi	夫妻, 老官老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
	Xinzhou	婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
	Zhangjiakou	兩口子
	Handan	兩口子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兩老, 兩老媽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
	Matsu	老公媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Quanzhou	翁某, 翁仔某
	Jinjiang	翁某仔
	Anxi	翁某
	Zhangzhou	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Taipei	翁仔某
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	翁仔某
	Kaohsiung	翁仔某
	Yilan	翁仔某
	Changhua (Lukang)	翁某
	Taichung	翁仔某
	Tainan	翁仔某
	Hsinchu	翁仔某
	Kinmen	翁仔某
	Penghu (Magong)	翁仔某
	Penang (Hokkien)	翁某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	翁某
	Manila (Hokkien)	翁某仔
	Chaozhou	翁姐, 兩公婆
	Leizhou	翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
	Haikou	爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
Puxian Min	Putian	老公媽
	Xianyou	老公媽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	兩公婆
Wu	Shanghai	夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
	Suzhou	夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
	Danyang	婆老兩個
	Hangzhou	夫妻
	Ningbo	夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
	Wenzhou	兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
	Jinhua	公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
Xiang	Changsha	兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
	Loudi	夫妻
	Shuangfeng	兩公婆, 兩夫婦

• (ancestor):

• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

• (spirit tablet): 神位 (shénwèi), 神主 (shénzhǔ), 牌位 (páiwèi); (Hokkien, Teochew) 公媽／公妈

Derived terms

• 兩公婆／两公婆
• 醜媳婦總得要見公婆／丑媳妇总得要见公婆