yí pó

姨婆 (yí pó) is a Chinese word meaning “(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt”.

Meanings

  1. 1(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father
  2. 2(Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt

Characters in 姨婆

姨yí · mother's sister婆pó · (bound form) grandmother

Related words

老婆(coll.) wife阿姨maternal aunt外婆(coll.) mother's mother婆(bound form) grandmother姨妈(coll.) mother's sister巫婆witch婆婆husband's mother老太婆old woman (at times contemptuous)婆娘(dialect) wife姨mother's sister婆婆妈妈effeminate小姨子(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)

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