八婆

Chinese

		eight	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (八婆)		八	婆
simp. ^#(八婆)		八	婆

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Cantonese 八卦 (baat3 gwaa3, “to gossip”) + 婆 (po4, “woman”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāpó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ po⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bapó
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-pʻo²
  - Yale: bā-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bapor
  - Palladius: бапо (bapo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ po⁴
  - Yale: baat pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ po⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pʰɔː²¹/

Noun

八婆

(chiefly Cantonese, colloquial, derogatory) nosey parker; meddling woman; bitch

Coordinate terms

八公, 八妹

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