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"(polite) my grandfather" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father
Chinese Pinyin Translation
阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn
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)
家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn
祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn
外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-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
姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) 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
外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) 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
外爷 外爺 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather
嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father syn
大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn
您好 nín hǎo hello (polite)
客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn
老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy / politeness / manners / courteous / polite syn
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me syn
斯文 sī wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle syn
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn
托福 tuō fú (old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries) syn
和气 和氣 hé qi friendly / polite / amiable syn
老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn
大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn
有礼貌 有禮貌 yǒu lǐ mào courteous / polite
难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn
伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
小可 xiǎo kě small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence
家父 jiā fù (polite) my father
客套 kè tào polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries syn
大驾 大駕 dà jià imperial chariot / (fig.) emperor / (polite) you
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo (polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one) syn
客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc) syn
嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn
礼遇 禮遇 lǐ yù courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception syn
套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
谦恭 謙恭 qiān gōng polite and modest syn
拜读 拜讀 bài dú (polite) to read (sth)
费神 費神 fèi shén to spend effort / to take trouble / May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request) / Please would you mind...? syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
此致 cǐ zhì (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
多礼 多禮 duō lǐ too polite / overcourteous syn
客套话 客套話 kè tào huà conventional greeting / polite formula syn
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor syn
套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother syn
辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn
老大娘 lǎo dà niáng old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:位[wei4] syn
斧正 fǔ zhèng (polite) please amend my writing syn
外子 wài zǐ (polite) my husband
敢 gǎn to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture syn
家严 家嚴 jiā yán (polite) my father
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
驾 駕 jià to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2]) syn
拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn
敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn
感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor syn
久闻大名 久聞大名 jiǔ wén dà míng your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
和和气气 和和氣氣 hé hé qì qì polite and amiable syn
唱喏 chàng rě (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) syn
奉申贺敬 奉申賀敬 fèng shēn hè jìng polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
套语 套語 tào yǔ polite set phrases syn
探口气 探口氣 tàn kǒu qì to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] syn
探口风 探口風 tàn kǒu fēng to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning
㧑挹 撝挹 huī yì to be extremely modest and polite
教安 jiào ān teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)
敬词 敬詞 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression
敬辞 敬辭 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression syn
老伯伯 lǎo bó bo grandpa (polite form of address for old man)
大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
来示 來示 lái shì (polite) your letter
家兄 jiā xiōng (polite) my elder brother syn
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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