Word and Radical Components of 祖母
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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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. |
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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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. |
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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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 | ||
(ant, zh, 父) | ||
2. (Used to address a female elder member of a family.) | ||
姑母 - father's sister | ||
祖母 - grandmother | ||
(ant, zh, 父) | ||
3. (of animal) female | ||
母牛 - female cow | ||
(syn, zh, 雌) | ||
(ant, zh, 公) | ||
4. pertaining to origin | ||
母校 - alma mater |
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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示 | shì | 1. spirit |
shí | 2. to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct | |
3. Variant of 置 | ||
4. Variant of 祇 | 且 | qiě | 1. this |
2. almost; nearly | ||
3. be going to; will; shall | ||
4. just; for the time being | ||
5. even (used for emphasis, often with a hypothetical extreme scenario) | ||
6. (dialectal Mandarin) for a long time | ||
這 水 太 燙,且 得děi 晾 會huǐ兒r 呢。 - This water is so hot; it need to be left alone to cool down for a long time., M-UIB | ||
這zhèi 活兒r 且 幹 不bu 完 呢。 - , M-UIB | ||
7. and; also (for juxtaposition) | ||
而且 - and; but also | ||
他 的 演講 簡短 且 切中zhòng 要害。 - His speech was short and to the point. | ||
8. both ... and ... | ||
9. or (to list alternatives) | ||
10. moreover (to indicate progression) | ||
11. if; assuming (to indicate hypotheticality) | ||
12. (sentence-initial or sentence-medial modal particle) | ||
jū | 13. Alternative form of 俎 (chopping board) | |
14. many; numerous; flourishing | ||
15. sixth month in the lunar calendar | ||
16. (sentence-final modal particle) | ||
17. Alternative form of 駔 (steed) | ||
cú | 18. Alternative form of 徂 (to go to) | |
jū | 19. Only used in 次且 (hesitant in walking) | |
20. Variant of 祖 |
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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1. | 1. |