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外祖母
外祖母
Chinese
outside; in addition; foreign; external
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one's grandmother, one's father's mother | ||
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simp. and trad. (外祖母) |
外 | 祖母 | |
Noun
外祖母
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”) | ||
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| 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、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、媽、外媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 外媽 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 外婆 |
| Wenzhou | 外婆娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 外婆 |
| Shuangfeng | 外婆 | |
See also
- 祖母 (zǔmǔ)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
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| 外 | 祖 | 母 |
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 5 | Grade: 2 |
Noun
外祖母 (hiragana がいそぼ, romaji gaisobo, historical hiragana ぐわいそぼ)
- (rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother
Related terms
- 内祖母 (naisobo): paternal grandmother, father's mother
- 内祖父 (naisofu)
- 外祖父 (gaisofu)
- 内孫 (uchimago), 内孫 (naison)
- 外孫 (sotomago), 外孫 (gaison)