Chinese

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home; family; ‑ist
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (家婆)
simp. #(家婆)
alternative forms 雞婆鸡婆 Taiwanese Hokkien
anagram 婆家

Pronunciation

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Noun

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家婆

  1. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; Jianghuai Mandarin; dialectal Gan; Wu; Xiang) maternal grandmother
  2. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Chongqing Sichuanese and Guangxi Mandarin; Singapore Mandarin; Cantonese; dialectal Hakka; Gan; Leizhou Min; Hainanese) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  3. (Southern Min) housekeeper; busybody

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Adjective

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家婆

  1. (Southern Min) nosy; meddlesome

Descendants

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  • Baba Malay: kaypoh
  • English: kaypoh (Singaporean & Malaysian)
  • Indonesian: kepo
  • Tagalog: kepo

Verb

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家婆

  1. (Southern Min) to stick one's nose into others' business; to meddle in other people's business

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