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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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Pronunciation
zǔ mǔ
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