祖母

Chinese
ancestor; forefather; grandparents female; mother
simp. and trad.
(祖母)		 祖 母

Pronunciation

Noun

祖母

  1. (formal) paternal grandmother

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 祖母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 祖母
Mandarin Beijing 奶奶, 奶
Taiwan 奶奶
Harbin 奶奶, 奶
Shenyang 奶奶
Jinan 奶奶
Muping 婆, 婆婆
Luoyang 奶奶, 奶
Wanrong 娘
Xi'an 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
Qingdao 奶奶
Zhengzhou 奶奶, 奶
Xining 奶奶
Xuzhou 奶奶
Yinchuan 奶奶
Lanzhou 奶奶
Ürümqi 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
Wuhan 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
Chengdu 婆婆, 奶奶
Guiyang 太太, 奶奶, 老太太
Liuzhou 奶, 阿奶, 婆
Kunming 奶, 奶奶
Yangzhou 奶奶, 太太 dated
Nanjing 奶奶, 奶
Hefei 奶奶
Nantong 奶奶
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫲
Hong Kong 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Foshan 阿嫲
Shunde 阿人
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 阿婆
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 阿婆
Taishan 阿人, 人
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿人
Dongguan 阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
Shaoguan 阿婆, 阿嫲
Yunfu 阿奶
Yangjiang 阿婆, 阿嫲
Xinyi 阿婆
Lianjiang 阿嫲
Nanning 婆
Kuala Lumpur 阿嫲
Gan Nanchang 婆婆, 奶奶, 奶子
Lichuan 姆媽
Pingxiang 婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿婆
Xingning 阿婆
Huidong 阿婆
Qujiang 娭姐
Xiaosanjiang 阿婆
Luchuan 阿婆
Changting 娭姐
Pingyu 阿婆
Wuping 娭姐
Liancheng 阿姐, 媽
Ninghua 媽媽
Yudu 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
Ruijin 奶奶
Shicheng 婆
Shangyou 奶奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿婆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿婆, 阿嬤
Hsinchu (Hailu) 阿婆
Dongshi (Dabu) 阿婆, 阿奶
Hsinchu (Raoping) 阿嬤, 阿婆
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿媽
Hong Kong 阿婆
Sabah 阿婆
Senai 阿婆
Singkawang 阿婆
Huizhou Jixi 婦, 阿婦
Shexian 奶奶, 老姨
Jin Taiyuan 奶奶
Pingyao 娘娘
Xinzhou 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
Min Bei Jian'ou 奶奶, 嫲嫲
Min Dong Fuzhou 依媽
Fuqing 媽, 阿媽
Matsu 依媽
Min Nan Xiamen 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Quanzhou 媽仔, 俺媽, 內媽
Zhangzhou 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
Taipei 阿媽, 內媽 mT
Kaohsiung 阿媽
Tainan 阿媽
Taichung 阿媽
Wuqi 阿媽
Hsinchu 阿媽
Taitung 阿媽
Lukang 阿媽, 俺媽
Sanxia 阿媽
Yilan 阿媽
Kinmen 俺媽
Magong 阿媽
Penang 阿媽, 媽
Singapore 俺媽, 阿媽
Pingnan 媽
Chaozhou 阿媽
Shantou 阿媽
Haifeng 媽
Johor Bahru 阿媽
Haikou 阿媽, 媽, 婆
Leizhou 媽, 嬭, 尼媽, 尼嬭
Puxian Min Putian 阿媽
Xianyou 阿媽
Pinghua Nanning 奶, 太婆
Wu Shanghai 爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
Suzhou 好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
Hangzhou 奶奶
Wenzhou 娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘
Chongming 裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
Danyang 嫚嫚
Jinhua 媽媽
Ningbo 阿娘
Xiang Changsha 娭毑
Shuangfeng 奶奶
Xiangtan 娭毑
Loudi 佳婆, 奶奶
Quanzhou 奶奶
Note mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
祖 母
そ
Grade: 5		 ぼ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祖母 (MC t͡suoX məuX). Uses the kan'yōon for the 母 character, indicating a sound change within the Japanese language.

Pronunciation

Noun

祖母 (hiragana そぼ, rōmaji sobo)

  1. grandmother

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
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