婆娑

Chinese

	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (婆娑)	婆	娑
simp. ^#(婆娑)	婆	娑
alternative forms	媻娑
anagram	娑婆

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pósuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pósuo
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo²-so¹
  - Yale: pwó-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porsuo
  - Palladius: посо (poso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po⁴ so¹
  - Yale: pòh sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ba¹ sa¹ / bo² so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠³³ sa̠³³/, /po¹³ so³³/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa[j] [s]ˤa[j]/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːl saːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婆	娑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pó	suō
Middle Chinese	‹ ba ›	‹ sa ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa[j]/	/*[s]ˁa[j]/
English	婆娑 saunter, dance	婆娑 saunter, dance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

婆娑