外
公

(coll.) mother's father in Chinese: 外公 (wài gōng)

wài gōng

(coll.) mother's father

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(coll.) mother's father
  2. 2maternal grandfather

Stroke order

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外
公

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 我小时候常去外公家玩。

    wǒ xiǎo shí hòu cháng qù wài gōng jia wán。

    As a child I often went to my grandpa's house to play.

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Related words

外

wài

outside

公

gōng

public

公斤

gōng jīn

kilogram (kg)

公司

gōng sī

company

公园

gōng yuán

park (for public recreation)

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

另外

lìng wài

additional

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

公布

gōng bù

to announce

公开

gōng kāi

open

公平

gōng píng

fair

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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