姨婆

yípó
noun #35,618

Meanings

  1. 1 grandaunt (sister of one's maternal grandmother)
  2. 2 (more broadly) sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father
  3. 3 (Taiwan, dated) husband's maternal aunt

Examples

Wǒ yípó zhù zài xiāngxià.
My grandaunt lives in the countryside.
Yípó zuò de jiǎozi zuì hǎochī.
Grandaunt's dumplings are the most delicious.

Tips

culture
Chinese kinship terms are precise: 姨婆 specifically refers to a grandmother-generation aunt on the maternal side (your maternal grandma's sister). The paternal-side counterpart is 姑婆 (gūpó). Modern urban speakers often blur these and just say 奶奶 or 奶奶.

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