外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 叔伯 shū bai (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 曾外祖父 zēng wài zǔ fù great-grandfather (mother's grandfather) 姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 外爷 外爺 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather 姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt syn 妇幼保健问题千年项目第4工作队 婦幼保健問題千年項目第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 妇幼保健问题第4工作队 婦幼保健問題第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 孕产妇、新生儿和儿童健康 孕產婦、新生兒和兒童健康 maternal, newborn and child health / maternal, neonatal, and child health 爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 曾 zēng great- (grandfather, grandchild etc) syn 高祖父 gāo zǔ fù great-great-grandfather 阿巴 ā bā Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather 叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother syn 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 祖父条款 祖父條款 zǔ fù tiáo kuǎn grandfather clause 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather 嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 母爱 母愛 mǔ ài maternal love 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 春晖 春暉 chūn huī lit. spring sunshine / fig. parental (often maternal) love syn 妇幼保健 fù yòu bǎo jiàn maternal and child health 母系 mǔ xì maternal / matriarchal 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle syn 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt / father's concubine (old) syn 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother / same as 姥姥 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 舅 jiù maternal uncle syn 姥 lǎo grandma (maternal) 表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi father's sister's daughters / maternal female cousin 妗子 jìn zi (informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife syn 姥娘 lǎo niáng maternal grandmother (dialectal) 加速降低非洲孕产妇死亡率运动 Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa 孕产妇死亡率 maternal mortality rate 产妇保健和安全孕产方桉 產婦保健和安全孕產方案 Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme 预防孕产妇死亡区域网络 Regional Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network 孕产妇和新生儿保健国际会议 International Conference on Maternal and Neonatal Health 降低孕产妇死亡率区域机构间工作队 Regional Inter-agency Task Force for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality 妇幼福利中心 Maternal and Child Welfare Centres 产妇和新生儿保健国际大会 International Congress for Maternal and Neonatal Health 阿拉伯妇女与儿童保健方桉 阿拉伯婦女與兒童保健方案 Arab Maternal and Child Health Care Programme 孕产妇死亡率与人权国际倡议 International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights 产妇、新生儿和儿童健康伙伴关系 產婦、新生兒和兒童健康夥伴關系 Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 儿童和产妇死亡率 兒童和產婦死亡率 child and maternal mortality 妇幼保健和计划生育 婦幼保健和計劃生育 maternal and child health and family planning 孕产妇和新生儿破伤风 孕產婦和新生兒破傷風 maternal and neonatal tetanus 产妇保健专题小组 產婦保健專題小組 Maternal Health Theme Groups 产妇保健专题基金 產婦保健專題基金 Maternal Health Thematic Fund 妇幼福利 婦幼福利 maternal and child welfare 妇幼保健项目干事 婦幼保健項目幹事 Project Officer, Maternal and Child Health 国际产妇和新生儿保健协会 國際產婦和新生兒保健協會 International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health 孕产妇发病率 孕產婦發病率 maternal morbidity 保健和妇幼生存 保健和婦幼生存 health and maternal / child survival 家舅 jiā jiù (polite) my maternal uncle 舅爷 舅爺 jiù yé father's maternal uncle / granduncle 从母 從母 cóng mǔ maternal aunt 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 