外婆
wài pó
Pinyin

Definition

外婆
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wài pó
  1. (coll.) mother's mother
  2. maternal grandmother

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
外
wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance

Idioms (20)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人，天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你怎么每次都这么无耻。好吧，那我就不管你了，我想吃油爆大虾、香煎仔排、宫保鸡丁，那我们就去外婆家吃好了。
nǐ zěnme měicì dōu zhème wúchǐ 。hǎoba ，nà wǒ jiù bùguǎn nǐ le ，wǒ xiǎng chī yóubào dàxiā 、xiāngjiān zǎipái 、gōngbǎojīdīng ，nà wǒmen jiù qù wàipójiā chī hǎo le 。
How can you be so shameless every time! OK, I guess I don't need to worry about you. I want to eat sauteed shrimp, fried pork chops and Kung Pao Chicken, so I guess I'll go to The Grandma's to eat.
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啊，这些菜我也都爱吃。可关键是，去谁外婆家呢？
ā ，zhèxiē cài wǒ yě dōu ài chī 。kě guānjiàn shì ，qù shéi wàipójiā ne ？
Ah, I love all those dishes too. But the most important thing is, whose grandma's to go to.
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百货附近不是有个外婆家吗？
bǎihuò fùjìn bùshì yǒu gè wàipójiā ma ？
Isn't there a branch of The Grandma's near the mall?
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外婆好，外公好！
wàipó hǎo ，wàigōng hǎo ！
Hello grandma and grandpa!
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在南方，我们一直会说：外公、外婆。
zài nánfāng ，wǒmen yīzhí huì shuō ：wàigōng 、wàipó 。
In the South, we always say: wàigōng and wàipó.
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妈妈坏！我让外婆给我买。
māma huài ！wǒ ràng wàipó gěi wǒ mǎi 。
Mom, you're mean! I’ll have grandma buy one for me.
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妈妈的妈妈，叫外婆。北方也叫姥姥。
māma de māma ，jiào wàipó 。běifāng yě jiào lǎolao 。
Our mother's mother we call "wai po." In the north you can also say "lao lao."
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小姐，外婆说得对。
xiǎojie ，wàipó shuō de duì 。
Your mother is right, miss.
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有什么养不起的，有钱富养，没钱就穷养。当初妈生你的时候也不是百万富翁啊。你外婆还生了九个呢。
yǒu shénme yǎngbuqǐ de ，yǒu qián fù yǎng ，méi qián jiù qióng yǎng 。dāngchū mā shēng nǐ de shíhou yě bùshì bǎiwànfùwēng ā 。nǐ wàipó hái shēng le jiǔ gè ne 。
And that makes it impossible to raise a kid? If you have lot's of money, raise him with lot's of money. If not, raise him with less. When I had you I wasn't a millionaire! You're grandma had nine herself.
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