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祖母
祖母
Chinese
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ancestral paternal |
mother | ||
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simp. and trad. (祖母) |
祖 | 母 | |
Noun
祖母
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 祖母 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 奶奶、奶 |
| Taiwan | 奶奶 | |
| Jinan | 奶奶 | |
| Xi'an | 奶 | |
| Wuhan | 婆婆、奶奶、太 | |
| Chengdu | 婆婆、奶奶 | |
| Yangzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Hefei | 奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 | |
| Taishan | 阿人、人 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿婆、阿嫲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶奶、婆婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿婆 |
| Xingning | 阿婆 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 阿婆 | |
| Qujiang | 娭姐 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 阿婆 | |
| Changting | 娭姐 | |
| Pingyu | 阿婆 | |
| Ruijin | 奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 婆 | |
| Shangyou | 奶奶 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿婆、阿嬤 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿婆、阿奶 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 阿嬤、阿婆 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿媽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶奶 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲、奶奶 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依嫲 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 媽仔、俺媽、內媽 |
| Xiamen | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽、姆媽、內媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽、內媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Malaysia | 阿媽、媽、內媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿婆 |
| Suzhou | 好婆、好親婆、親婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 祖婆娘、祖婆、娘娘 | |
| Chongming | 阿婆 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 娭毑 |
| Shuangfeng | 奶奶 | |
Derived terms
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See also
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 祖 | 母 |
| Grade: 5 | Grade: 2 |
Noun
祖母 (hiragana そぼ, romaji sobo)
- (humble) grandmother
See also
- 外祖母 (gaisobo): maternal grandmother
- 内祖母 (naisobo): paternal grandmother
References
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2