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Maternal Grandmother in Chinese / Japanese...
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Loving Grandmother
Maternal (Northern China)
慈祥的姥姥 is “Loving Grandmother” in the common way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Northern China.
Loving Grandmother
Maternal (Southern China - formal)
慈祥的外祖母 is “Loving Grandmother” in the formal way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Southern China.
Loving Grandmother
Maternal (Southern China)
慈祥的外婆 is “Loving Grandmother” in a common way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Southern China.
Dear Grandmother
Maternal (Southern China)
親愛的外婆 is a common way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Southern China with the adjective/title “Dear” on the front.
Dear Grandmother
Maternal (Northern China)
親愛的姥姥 is the common way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Northern China with the adjective/title “Dear” on the front.
Dear Grandmother
Maternal (Southern China - formal)
亲爱的外祖母 is the formal way to refer to your mother's mother (maternal grandmother) in Southern China with the adjective/title “Dear” on the front.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
外婆 see styles |
wài pó wai4 po2 wai p`o wai po |
(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
姥姥 see styles |
lǎo lao lao3 lao5 lao lao |
(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
姥娘 see styles |
lǎo niáng lao3 niang2 lao niang |
maternal grandmother (dialectal) |
老娘 see styles |
lǎo niáng lao3 niang2 lao niang |
my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife |
老老 see styles |
lǎo lao lao3 lao5 lao lao |
maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 |
外祖母 see styles |
wài zǔ mǔ wai4 zu3 mu3 wai tsu mu gaisobo がいそぼ |
mother's mother; maternal grandmother maternal grandmother |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Loving Grandmother | 慈祥的姥姥 | cí xiáng de lǎo lao ci2 xiang2 de lao3 lao ci xiang de lao lao cixiangdelaolao | tz`u hsiang te lao lao tzuhsiangtelaolao tzu hsiang te lao lao |
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| Loving Grandmother | 慈祥的外祖母 | cí xiáng de wài zǔ mǔ ci2 xiang2 de wai4 zu3 mu3 ci xiang de wai zu mu cixiangdewaizumu | tz`u hsiang te wai tsu mu tzuhsiangtewaitsumu tzu hsiang te wai tsu mu |
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| Loving Grandmother | 慈祥的外婆 | cí xiáng de wài pó ci2 xiang2 de wai4 po2 ci xiang de wai po cixiangdewaipo | tz`u hsiang te wai p`o tzuhsiangtewaipo tzu hsiang te wai po |
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| Dear Grandmother | 親愛的外婆 亲爱的外婆 | qín ài de wài pó qin2 ai4 de wai4 po2 qin ai de wai po qinaidewaipo | ch`in ai te wai p`o chinaitewaipo chin ai te wai po |
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| Dear Grandmother | 親愛的姥姥 亲爱的姥姥 | qín ài de lǎo lao qin2 ai4 de lao3 lao qin ai de lao lao qinaidelaolao | ch`in ai te lao lao chinaitelaolao chin ai te lao lao |
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| Dear Grandmother | 親愛的外祖母 亲爱的外祖母 | qín ài de wài zǔ mǔ qin2 ai4 de wai4 zu3 mu3 qin ai de wai zu mu qinaidewaizumu | ch`in ai te wai tsu mu chinaitewaitsumu chin ai te wai tsu mu |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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