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外公

外公

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	just; honorable (designation); public just; honorable (designation); public; common
simp. and trad. (外公)		外	公

Noun

外公

(informal, affectionate) "grampa": one's (maternal) grandfather, one's mother's father

Synonyms

(formal) 外祖父 (wàizǔfù)

See also

(paternal grandfather) 祖父 (zǔfù), 爺爺／爷爷 (yéye)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wàigōng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gung¹
Min Nan (POJ): gōa-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàigōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygong
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: ngoih gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kong
  - Tâi-lô: guā-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/