Usage of the character 婆

(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind

gūpó

姑婆

[姑婆]

grandfather's sister
sister of a woman's father-in-law

tāngpó

汤婆

[湯婆]

hot-water bottle

pózi

婆子

[婆子]

old woman

shīpó

湿婆

[濕婆]

Shiva (Hindu deity)

póxí

婆媳

[婆媳]

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

lǎopó

老婆

[老婆]

(coll.) wife

jiāpó

家婆

[家婆]

(dialect) mother-in-law
(house)wife

pópo

婆婆

[婆婆]

husband's mother
mother-in-law
grandma

tàipó

太婆

[太婆]

great-grandmother

gōng-pó

公婆

[公婆]

husband's parents; parents-in-law
(dialect) a couple; husband and wife

póxīn

婆心

[婆心]

(literary) kindheartedness

póniáng

婆娘

[婆娘]

woman (derog.)

guǐpó

鬼婆

[鬼婆]

Caucasian woman (Cantonese)

pójia

婆家

[婆家]

husband's family

bāpó

八婆

[八婆]

meddling woman
nosy parker (Cantonese)

Zhànpó

占婆

[佔婆]

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

pósuō

婆娑

[婆娑]

to swirl about
(of leaves and branches) to sway

āpó

阿婆

[阿婆]

granny
mother-in-law

yuèpózi

月婆子

[月婆子]

(coll.) lying-in woman

tāngpózi

汤婆子

[湯婆子]

hot-water bottle

pāipózi

拍婆子

[拍婆子]

to chase girls
to hang around with girls

dàlǎopó

大老婆

[大老婆]

primary wife

gūpóyù

姑婆芋

[姑婆芋]

night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)

mèngpótāng

孟婆汤

[孟婆湯]

potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆 ( Mèngpó) before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life

guǎnjiāpó

管家婆

[管家婆]

housewife (jocular)
female housekeeper of a higher rank (old)
busybody

zhūpólóng

猪婆龙

[豬婆龍]

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Póluómén

婆罗门

[婆羅門]

Brahmin

xiǎolǎopó

小老婆

[小老婆]

concubine
mistress
(dialect) woman

huángliǎnpó

黄脸婆

[黃臉婆]

faded old woman

shōushēngpó

收生婆

[收生婆]

midwife

jiēshēngpó

接生婆

[接生婆]

midwife

lǎotàipó

老太婆

[老太婆]

old woman (at times contemptuous)

cuīshēngpó

催生婆

[催生婆]

midwife who induces labor

Póluózhōu

婆罗洲

[婆羅洲]

Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

pàlǎopó

怕老婆

[怕老婆]

henpecked
to be under one's wife's thumb

nánrénpó

男人婆

[男人婆]

tomboy

kǔkǒupóxīn

苦口婆心

[苦口婆心]

earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently

Póluófútú

婆罗浮屠

[婆羅浮屠]

Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)

lèiyǎnpósuō

泪眼婆娑

[淚眼婆娑]

tearful (idiom)

mápódòufǔ

麻婆豆腐

[麻婆豆腐]

mapo tofu
stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce

póluóménjiào

婆罗门教

[婆羅門教]

Brahmanism
Hinduism

pópomāmā

婆婆妈妈

[婆婆媽媽]

effeminate
old-womanish
garrulous
fainthearted
overly careful
overly sensitive
maudlin

sāngūliùpó

三姑六婆

[三姑六婆]

women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

Móhēpóluóduō

摩诃婆罗多

[摩訶婆羅多]

Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那／罗摩衍那 ( Luómóyǎnnà), possibly originally c. 4th century BC

xífù'áochéngpó

媳妇熬成婆

[媳婦熬成婆]

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
what goes around comes around

lǎopóháizirèkàngtou

老婆孩子热炕头

[老婆孩子熱炕頭]