外婆 (wàipó) — maternal grandmother, mother's mother

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 詞

外婆 word · TOCFL A2 (est.)

外婆＝外＋婆

ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ · wàipó

noun — maternal grandmother, mother's mother

字源 FORM — what the parts do

外outside; the mother's side (外面)wài外 marks the maternal line — kin counted outside the father's surname

婆an old woman, grandmother (婆婆)pó

外婆，外面的外，婆婆的婆。