pó suō

婆娑 (pó suō) is a Chinese word meaning “to swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway”.

Meanings

  1. 1to swirl about
  2. 2(of leaves and branches) to sway

Characters in 婆娑

婆pó · (bound form) grandmother娑suō · (phonetic)

Related words

老婆(coll.) wife外婆(coll.) mother's mother婆(bound form) grandmother巫婆witch婆婆husband's mother老太婆old woman (at times contemptuous)婆娘(dialect) wife婆婆妈妈effeminate婆家husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)姑婆grandfather's sister姨婆(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father小老婆concubine

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