Chinese Word of the Day

祖母
zǔ mǔ

grandmother

Definitions

Chinese > English
祖母	zǔmǔ
1. n. (formal) paternal grandmother
放假jià 了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 - We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.
English > Chinese
grandmother
1. 名词. 奶奶、祖母、姥姥、外祖母
Components
祖	zǔ
1. ancestor; forebear; forefather
2. grandparent; grandfather or grandmother
3. founder
4. (literary) to follow the example of; to pattern after
5. . Zu
祖沖-之 - Zu Chongzhi (Chinese astronomer and mathematician during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties)
母	mǔ
1. mother
父母 - father and mother
母子 - mother and son
Antonyms: 父
2. (Used to address a female elder member of a family.)
姑母 - father's sister
祖母 - grandmother
Antonyms: 父
3. (of animal) female
母牛 - female cow
Synonyms: 雌
Antonyms: 公
4. pertaining to origin
母校 - alma mater
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