婆

婆 pó in a sentence

Mother-in-law (old lady)

Full dictionary entry 5 sentences

婆 (pó) means Mother-in-law (old lady). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他老 婆 是老师。

Tā lǎopó shì lǎoshī.

His wife is a teacher.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老婆

我最喜欢吃麻 婆 豆腐。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuan chī mápó dòufu.

My favourite dish is mapo tofu.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 豆腐

他每天给老 婆 打电话。

Tā měi tiān gěi lǎopó dǎ diànhuà.

He calls his wife every day.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老婆

大年初一,我们去给外 婆 拜年。

Dà nián chūyī, wǒmen qù gěi wàipó bài nián.

On the first day of the lunar new year we went to pay our respects to grandma.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拜年

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From the travel phrasebook

麻 婆 豆腐

mápó dòufu

Mapo tofu

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

Words that contain 婆

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Questions about 婆

How is 婆 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 婆 (pó, "Mother-in-law (old lady)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 婆 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 婆 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 婆?

The dictionary page for 婆 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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