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老婆
Traditional Chinese
老婆
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
lǎo pó
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
lou5 po4
Short definition (coll.) wife
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions (coll.) wifeAdso icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: wife
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: (coll.) wife
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Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: (informal) wife'
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老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
打呼噜(dǎ hū lu) to snore
(wǒ) I
(gāi) that
怎么办(zěnmebàn) what should be done

What should I do if my wife snores?

老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
怀孕(huái yùn) gestation
没了(méi le) to be dead
性欲(xìng yù) lust
(wǒ) I
(gāi) that
怎么办(zěnmebàn) what should be done

My wife has no libido since she got pregnant. What can I do?

我的( de) my
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
(shì) is
中国人(zhōng guó rén) Chinese person

My wife is Chinese.

(wǒ) I
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
(shì) is
中国人(zhōng guó rén) Chinese person

My wife is Chinese.

(wǒ) I
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
(zài) (located) at
附近的(fù jìn de) neighbourhood
超市(chāo shì) supermarket (abbr.)
(mǎi) to purchase
蔬菜(shū cài) produce

My wife buys vegetables from a supermarket nearby.

(tā) another
(shì) to test
([missing]) to use
(hōnghōng hòng) uproar
(tā) another
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
开心(kāi xīn) to rejoice
(dàn) but
他没( tā méi)
做到(zuò dào) to do

He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn't able to.

鲍勃( bào bó) Bob
(yǐ) already
无法忍受(wú fǎ rěn shòu) intolerable
(tā) she
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
(dedì) of
慢性子(màn xìng zi) phlegmatic

Bob got impatient at his wife's delay.

(tā) another
(jié) to exhaust
(jìn jǐn) exhausted
全力地(quán lì di) amain
讨好(tǎo hǎo) blandish
(tā) another
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife

He bent over backward to please his wife.

(huà) talk
(shì) item
(huà) talk
今日(jīn rì) today
(xì) class
六月(liù yuè) June
八号(bāhào)
(wǒ) I
老婆(lǎo pó) (coll.) wife
生日(shēng rì) birthday

By the way, today is the 8th of June — my wife's birthday.

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