外公

Chinese

 
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
simp. and trad.
(外公)

Pronunciation


Noun

外公

  1. (informal, affectionate) maternal grandfather; grampa

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外祖父 (“maternal grandfather”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 外祖父
Mandarin Beijing 老爺
Taiwan 外公
Jinan 老爺
Xi'an 舅爺、舅家爺、外爺、外把 Hui
Wuhan 家公爹爹 non-face-to-face爹爹 face-to-face
Chengdu 外爺、家公
Yangzhou 公公
Hefei 外爹爹
Cantonese Guangzhou 外公 non-face-to-face阿公 face-to-face
Hong Kong 公公阿公
Taishan 外公
Yangjiang 外公
Gan Nanchang 阿公
Hakka Meixian 外阿公
Xingning 姐公
Huidong 姐公
Qujiang 姐公
Xiaosanjiang 小公
Changting 外公爹
Pingyu 外阿公
Wuping 外公爹
Liancheng 外子爹
Ninghua 公公
Ruijin 外公
Shicheng 外公
Shangyou 外公
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 姐公
Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿公、外阿公
Hsinchu (Hailu) 姐公
Dongshi (Dabu) 外阿公
Zhuolan (Raoping) 姐公
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 外公
Jin Taiyuan 老爺
Min Bei Jian'ou 畬翁、外翁、翁翁
Min Dong Fuzhou 外公
Min Nan Xiamen 外公阿公、俺公
Quanzhou 外公阿公
Zhangzhou 外公阿公
Taipei 外公阿公、俺公
Kaohsiung 外公阿公
Tainan 外公阿公
Taichung 外公阿公
Hsinchu 外公阿公
Lukang 外公阿公、俺公
Sanxia 外公阿公
Yilan 外公阿公
Kinmen 外公阿公
Magong 外公、俺公
Philippines (Manila) 外公
Chaozhou 外公
Wu Suzhou 外公、外公阿爹
Wenzhou 外公爺
Xiang Changsha 外公
Shuangfeng 外公

See also

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