# 姑婆
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gūpó
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu$^1$ po$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^1$ po$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gu$^1$ po$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kû-phò
    (Hailu, HRS): gu$^ˋ$ po
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gu$^1$ po$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gŭ-bò̤
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-pô
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gūpó
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gupó
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$-pʻo$^2$
*** Yale: gū-pwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gupor
*** Palladius: гупо (gupo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gupo
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Yale: gū pòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁴² pʰo²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-phò
*** Hakka Romanization System: gu$^ˊ$ po$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gu$^ˋ$ po
*** Sinological IPA: /ku⁵³ pʰo⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭ-bò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$βo⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-pô
*** Tâi-lô: koo-pô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ko'pooi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ po²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

### Noun

姑婆
* (regional) husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
* (regional) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
* (chiefly Hokkien) spinster
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Catholicism) nun

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姑奶奶, 姑太 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 姑婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑太 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姑婆 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姑婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姑奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 姑奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 姑奶奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 姑奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 姑奶奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 姑奶奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老姑姑, 老姑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 老姑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姑奶奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 姑奶奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 姑婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姑婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老姑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 姑嬤嬤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 姑奶, 老姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 姑奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 老姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 姑奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 姑奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 姑奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 姑奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 姑奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姑奶奶, 姑奶, 姑婆, 姑拿 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 姑娃婆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姑奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姑奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 姑奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姑奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 姑奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 姑奶奶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姑奶奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 姑奶, 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 婆婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 姑婆, 婆婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姑太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姑太, 姑奶奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 姑婆, 太娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 老瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 姑奶奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 姑奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姑奶, 姑老太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 姑奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 姑奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姑奶, 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 姑婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 姑奶奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 姑婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 姑奶奶, 姑太太 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 姑奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 姑奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姑奶奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 姑奶奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 姑奶奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姑奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 姑奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 姑婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑婆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姑婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 姑婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姑婆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 姑奶奶, 姑婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Jin | Datong | 姑奶奶 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老姑姑 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 老姑兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 姑奶奶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老姑姑, 老姑 |
| Jin | Jining | 姑奶奶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姑奶奶 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 姥姥 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老姑姑, 老姑 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 姑奶奶, 姑奶 |
| Jin | Handan | 老姑 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 姑奶奶 |
| Jin | Suide | 老姑 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 姑嫲婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 姑媽, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 老姑 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 老姑 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 姑嬭, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姑婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑太 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姑婆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 姑嫚嫚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 姑婆奶奶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姑婆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 姑婆娘, 姑婆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姑婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姑娭毑 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大𱙦 >, 嫚𱙦 < |
| Note | > - older than paternal grandfather; < - younger than paternal grandfather | > - older than paternal grandfather; < - younger than paternal grandfather |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老處女, 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老處女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老姑娘, 老大姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 老姑娘, 老閨娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 老姑娘, 老大姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老姑娘, 大閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老姑娘, 家姑兒老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老姑娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老姑娘, 家姑兒老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老閨妮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 老丫頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 老姑娘, 老女兒, 老閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老大嫚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老閨女, 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 老女兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老女子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 老女子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 老姑娘, 老閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老丫頭, 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老姑娘, 家姑老, 老閨女, 老大閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 老姑娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老姑娘, 老丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老姑娘, 老女子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 老姑娘, 老丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 老姑娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老丫頭, 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老姑娘兒, 老女子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 老姑娘, 老女子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 老女兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 老姑娘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老女, 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 大姑娘家兒, 老姑娘家兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 老姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 老大閨女 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 老姑娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老姑婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老姑子, 老閨女 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老姑娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老姑娘, 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老紅花女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老姑婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老姑娘 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老閨女, 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Datong | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老閨女 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 老女子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 老閨女 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大女子 |
| Jin | Jining | 老女兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老女兒, 家姑兒老 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Handan | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 大閨女 |
| Jin | Suide | 老女子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 公眾姑嫲婆, 老姑嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 矺厝脊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老大姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老姑娘, 老小姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老大小姐, 老小姐, 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老姑娘兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老大姑娘, 老大小姐 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老院主 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老姑娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老姑娘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老嫚姎 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老黃花女 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 修女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑奶奶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 修女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嬤嬤 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 修女 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 修女 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姑娘 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 姑娘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 姑娘 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 姑婆 GT |
| Wu | Shanghai | 童身姑娘, 洋尼姑 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姆姆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嬤嬤 |

#### Derived terms

* 大笑姑婆
* 姑婆芋 (gūpóyù)
* 老姑婆 (lǎogūpó)
* 虎姑婆