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外祖母

外祖母

Chinese

 
outside; in addition; foreign; external
one's grandmother, one's father's mother
simp. and trad.
(外祖母)
祖母

Noun

外祖母

  1. maternal grandmother

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 外祖母
Mandarin Beijing 姥姥
Taiwan 外婆
Jinan 老娘
Xi'an 舅家奶、舅奶、外奶
Wuhan 家家
Chengdu 外婆家婆
Yangzhou 婆婆
Hefei 外奶奶
Cantonese Guangzhou 婆婆阿婆外婆
Hong Kong 婆婆阿婆外婆
Taishan 外婆
Yangjiang 外婆
Gan Nanchang 阿婆
Hakka Meixian 外阿婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 姐婆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 外阿婆、阿婆
Hsinchu (Hailu) 姐婆
Dongshi (Dabu) 外阿婆
Zhuolan (Raoping) 姐嬤
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 外媽
Jin Taiyuan 娘娘
Min Bei Jian'ou 蔗嫲、嫲嫲
Min Dong Fuzhou 外媽
Min Nan Quanzhou 媽仔、俺媽、外媽
Xiamen 阿媽、俺媽、外媽
Zhangzhou 阿媽姆媽外媽
Taipei 阿媽外媽
Kaohsiung 阿媽外媽
Tainan 阿媽外媽
Taichung 阿媽外媽
Yilan 阿媽外媽
Lukang 阿媽、俺媽、外媽
Sanxia 阿媽外媽
Kinmen 俺媽、外媽
Magong 阿媽外媽
Hsinchu 阿媽外媽
Malaysia 阿媽外媽
Chaozhou 外媽
Wu Suzhou 外婆
Wenzhou 外婆娘
Xiang Changsha 外婆
Shuangfeng 外婆

See also


Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Noun

外祖母 (hiragana がいそぼ, romaji gaisobo, historical hiragana ぐわいそぼ)

  1. (rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother

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