婆婆媽媽

See also: 婆婆妈妈

Chinese

		mother-in-law	mum; mama; breast
trad. (婆婆媽媽)		婆婆	媽媽
simp. (婆婆妈妈)		婆婆	妈妈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pópomāma, pópómāmā, pópómāma

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ, ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ, ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ po⁴ maa¹ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pópomāma
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pópo̊mamå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-pʻo⁵-ma¹-ma⁵
    • Yale: pwó-pwo-mā-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: por.pomha.ma
    • Palladius: попомама (popomama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³ mä⁵⁵ mä²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pópómāmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pópómama
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-pʻo²-ma¹-ma¹
    • Yale: pwó-pwó-mā-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porpormhamha
    • Palladius: попомама (popomama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pópómāma
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pópómamå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-pʻo²-ma¹-ma⁵
    • Yale: pwó-pwó-mā-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porpormha.ma
    • Palladius: попомама (popomama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ mä⁵⁵ mä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po⁴ po⁴ maa¹ maa¹
    • Yale: pòh pòh mā mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ po⁴ maa¹ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ po⁴ ma¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ pʰɔː²¹ maː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Adjective

婆婆媽媽

1. overly careful (like an old woman); womanishly garrulous; irresolute

   • 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
     但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》

     Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]

     But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

2. sentimental; maudlin; fainthearted