公婆

gōngpó

noun #41,360

Meanings

1 husband's parents
2 parents-in-law (from a wife's perspective)
3 (dialect) a married couple

Characters

father-in-law (husband's father)

mother-in-law; old woman

Examples

她和公婆住在同一个院子里。

Tā hé gōngpó zhù zài tóng yīge yuànzi lǐ.

She lives in the same courtyard as her parents-in-law.

处理好和公婆的关系不容易。

Chǔlǐ hǎo hé gōngpó de guānxì bù róngyì.

It's not easy to handle the relationship with one's in-laws.

Tips

usage

Specifically the wife's in-laws (公 = husband's father, 婆 = husband's mother). The husband's term for his wife's parents is 岳父母 (yuèfùmǔ). In some southern dialects 公婆 also colloquially means 'an old married couple'.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

婆 pó