Chinese symbol for “effeminate”
婆婆妈妈
pó po mā mā
Traditional: 婆婆媽媽
effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted
The closest CC-CEDICT match for effeminate is 婆婆妈妈 (pó po mā mā), defined as: effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “effeminate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娘 | niáng | mother; young lady |
| 奶油 | nǎi yóu | cream; butter |
| 娘炮 | niáng pào | (slang) effeminate man; sissy |
| 娘娘腔 | niáng niang qiāng | sissy; effeminate |
| 女人气 (女人氣) | nǚ rén qì | womanly temperament; femininity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 婆婆妈妈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 婆婆 | pó po | husband's mother; mother-in-law |
| 外婆 | wài pó | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | old woman (at times contemptuous) |
| 富婆 | fù pó | wealthy woman |
| 婆娘 | pó niang | (dialect) wife; (derog.) woman |
| 妈妈 (媽媽) | mā ma | mama; mommy |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 大妈 (大媽) | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “effeminate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.