husband's family; in-laws' home
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
husband's family; in-laws' home; paternal family
dialectColloquial or dialectal variant of 婆家 or 婆婆家, referring to the family home of one's husband. Often contrasted with 娘家 (wife's family). The reduplicated form carries a familiar, conversational tone and may be regionally specific.
Tā她
guò过
nián年
huí回
pó婆
po婆
jiā家
qù去
le了
。
She went back to her in-laws' home for the New Year.
Pó婆
po婆
jiā家
lí离
zhèr这
bù儿
yuǎn不
zuò远
，
dì坐
tiě地
bàn铁
xiǎo半
shí小
jiù时
dào就
le到
了
。
Her husband's family doesn't live far from here; it's just half an hour by subway.
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Zài在
pó婆
po婆
jiā家
guò过
nián年
zǒng总
shì是
yào要
bǐ比
zài在
niáng娘
jia家
jū拘
shù束
yī一
xiē些
。
Spending New Year at the in-laws' is always a bit more constrained than at one's parents' home.