pó po mā mā

Traditional: 婆婆媽媽

婆婆妈妈 (pó po mā mā) is a Chinese word meaning “effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous”.

Meanings

  1. 1effeminate
  2. 2old-womanish
  3. 3garrulous
  4. 4fainthearted
  5. 5overly careful
  6. 6overly sensitive
  7. 7maudlin

Characters in 婆婆妈妈

婆pó · (bound form) grandmother婆pó · (bound form) grandmother妈mā · ma妈mā · ma

Related words

妈妈mama妈ma他妈的(taboo curse) damn it!老婆(coll.) wife外婆(coll.) mother's mother婆(bound form) grandmother姨妈(coll.) mother's sister姑妈(coll.) father's married sister巫婆witch婆婆husband's mother老太婆old woman (at times contemptuous)婆娘(dialect) wife

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