grandmother

grandma

  • Family
  • ma2
    Alternates: 嫲, 嬤
  • 内妈 lai(7) ma2
    dad's mom
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    inside grandmother

    lai6

    ma2
  • 外妈 ghua7 ma2
    mom's mom
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    outside grandmother

    ghua7

    ma2

Note that you should always just use ma2 when addressing your grandmother. lai7 ma2 and ghua7 ma2 can be used when referring to your grandmother, to be more specific and differentiate when talking to someone else, but it should not be what you call your grandmother.


Words containing grandmother:
English Peng'im Chinese Audio
mother (addressing) ma(7) ma5 妈妈
great grandmother lao(7) ma2 老妈