The Chinese word for grandmother is
祖母
zǔ mǔ
Chinese Definition
| grandmother | |
| 1. 名词. 奶奶、祖母、姥姥、外祖母 | |
| Components | |
| 祖 | |
| 1. ancestor(s), progenitor(s), forefather(s)/mother(s) | |
| 2. grandfather(s)/mother(s) | |
| 3. n. ancestor | |
| 4. n. grandparent | |
| 5. n. forefather | |
| 母 | |
| 1. mother | |
| 2. female (animal) | |
| 母牛 - cow |
Translations for 母 and their definitions
| 姥姥 | |
| 1. n. (colloquial) maternal grandmother; grandma | |
| 2. interj. (colloquial) bloody hell!; bastards! |
| 奶奶 | |
| 1. n. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Min Bei informal affectionate) paternal grandmother, gramma, granny | |
| 2. n. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) mother-in-law (husband's mother) | |
| 3. n. (Cantonese, Min Nan) lady; madam | |
| 奶naai5-4奶naai5-2，食 得 飯 喇！ - Dinner is ready, ma'am! | |
| 4. n. (Sichuanese) breast | |
| 5. n. (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese) milk |
| 祖母 | |
| 1. n. (formal) paternal grandmother |
| 外祖母 | |
| 1. n. maternal grandmother |
| 外婆 | |
| 1. n. maternal grandmother (the mother of one's mother) |
Pronunciation
zǔ mǔ
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