老婆

lǎopo

noun HSK 4 #934

Meanings

1 wife

Characters

old; prefix for familiarity

old woman; grandmother

Examples

他特别爱他的老婆。

Tā tèbié ài tā de lǎopo.

He loves his wife very much.

老婆，我回来了！

Lǎopo, wǒ huílai le!

Honey, I'm home!

我老婆是老师。

Wǒ lǎopo shì lǎoshī.

My wife is a teacher.

Tips

register

老婆 is the casual/intimate term for wife. 妻子 is formal. 太太 is polite and slightly old-fashioned. 爱人 is used in mainland China as a gender-neutral term for spouse.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo

婆 pó