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"(coll.) paternal grandfather" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-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
曾外祖父 zēng wài zǔ fù great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather 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
阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn
叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn
家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather
嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father syn
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn
外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn
奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn
老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
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
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
姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) syn
外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) 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
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
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
外爷 外爺 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather
家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn
王母 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother
阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn
父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love
祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents
姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn
姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn
父系 fù xì paternal line / patrilineal
堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew
姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn
曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn
姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn
姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn
堂姊妹 táng zǐ mèi father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin
先大母 xiān dà mǔ my late paternal grandmother
陪产假 陪產假 paternal leave
从父 從父 cóng fù paternal uncle
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)
跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn
过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners
𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent
榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)
念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat
不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn
看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn
真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn
就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if syn
那是 nà shi (coll.) of course / naturally / indeed
要是 yào shi (coll.) if syn
老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn
尺寸 chǐ cun size / dimensions / measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety syn
爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate / to assess / to calculate / (coll.) to reckon / to think (that ...) syn
垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn
厂家 廠家 chǎng jiā factory / manufacturer / (coll.) a factory owner / the factory management
家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn
老公 lǎo gong (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公[lao3 gong1] syn
老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband syn
小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn
神经 神經 shén jīng nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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