老婆

§Chinese

		old (of people); aged; venerable (person) old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (老婆)		老	婆

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎopó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ po⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lāu-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎopó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laopor
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ po⁴
    • Yale: lóuh pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ po⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pô
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-pô
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ pə²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ pə¹³/

§Noun

老婆

1. (colloquial) wife

   我給我老婆一個飛吻。 [MSC, trad.]

   我给我老婆一个飞吻。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gěi wǒ lǎopó yī ge fēiwěn. [Pinyin]

   I blew a kiss to my wife.

§Synonyms

• 妻子
• 太太
• 夫人
• 愛人／爱人 (husband or wife, only mainland China)
• 內人／内人 (archaic)
• 娘子 (archaic)

§Related terms

• 老公

§Usage notes

• The colloquial terms 老公 and 老婆 are preferred to formal in informal conversations.

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§Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	婆
ろう Grade: 4	ば Grade: S
on'yomi

§Noun

老婆 (hiragana ろうば, romaji rōba)

1. old woman