"grandma (paternal) (Tw)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn
婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn
阿嬷 阿嬤 ā mā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
lǎo grandma (maternal)
求爷爷告奶奶 求爺爺告奶奶 qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom) / fig. to go about begging for help
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn
祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn
姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather 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
王母 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn
父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love
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
祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents
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
姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn
曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn
姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn
阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn
父系 fù xì paternal line / patrilineal
曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn
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
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
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
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
叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn
陪产假 陪產假 paternal leave
家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather
从父 從父 cóng fù paternal uncle
嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father 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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