外婆

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (外婆)		外	婆
simp. ^#(外婆)		外	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wàipó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): випә (vipə, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngoi⁶ po⁴ / ngoi⁶ po^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngoi⁵ po³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ po²
Northern Min (KCR): uài-pô̤
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-bu
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): uai⁵ bo²

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): uai⁵ bo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàipó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàipó
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-pʻo²
  - Yale: wài-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waypor
  - Palladius: вайпо (vajpo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: випә (vipə, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vi⁴⁴ pʰə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: Dunmyj dialect.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ po⁴ / ngoi⁶ po^4-2
  - Yale: ngoih pòh / ngoih pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ po⁴ / ngoi⁶ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ po⁴ / ngoi⁶ po^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² pʰɔː²¹/, /ŋɔːi̯²² pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngoi⁵ po³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡᵘɔi³² pʰᵘɔ²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi⁴ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰo¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uài-pô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uai⁴² pʰɔ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-bu
  - MiniDict: nga^去 bu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-bu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² bu⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: uai⁵ bo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: uai⁵ bo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯ai̯²¹³ po³/

Noun

外婆

maternal grandmother (the mother of one's mother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外祖母, 外王母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外祖母
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姥姥
	Taiwan	外婆, 阿嬤
	Ulanhot	姥姥, 姥兒
	Tongliao	姥姥, 姥兒
	Chifeng	姥姥
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姥姥, 姥兒
	Harbin	姥兒, 姥姥
	Shenyang	姥娘
	Singapore	外婆, 婆婆
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	姥姥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姥娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姥, 姥母
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	姥娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姥姥, 婆兒婆兒
	Wanrong	舅廈娘
	Zhengzhou	姥娘, 姥姥
	Xi'an	外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui
	Xining	外奶奶
	Xuzhou	外奶奶
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥
	Bayanhot	外奶奶, 姥姥
	Lanzhou	奶奶, 外奶奶
	Ürümqi	外奶奶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	外婆, 家婆, 家家
	Wuhan	家家
	Guiyang	婆婆, 外婆
	Kunming	婆婆, 外婆
	Guilin	婆婆
	Liuzhou	外婆, 婆, 阿婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	婆婆
	Yangzhou	婆婆
	Nantong	外婆奶奶
	Hefei	外奶奶
	Huanggang	家婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face
	Hong Kong	阿婆, 婆婆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿婆
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	姐婆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	姐婆
	Macau	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Huangpu)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿婆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	遠婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿婆
	Foshan	婆婆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿婆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿婆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	外婆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿婆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	阿婆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	祖婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	子婆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	祖婆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	祖婆
	Taishan	阿婆, 外婆, 婆, 婆婆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿婆
	Enping (Niujiang)	婆大
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿婆
	Dongguan	阿婆, 婆婆
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿婆
	Shaoguan	外婆
	Yunfu	阿婆
	Yangjiang	外婆
	Xinyi	外婆
	Lianjiang	姊婆, 阿婆
	Nanning	阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆
	Wuzhou	阿婆, 婆婆
	Yulin	外婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	外嫲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	外婆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	外婆, 婆婆
Gan	Nanchang	阿婆
	Lichuan	阿婆
	Pingxiang	外婆
Hakka	Meixian	外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆
	Xingning	姐婆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	姐婆
	Huidong (Daling)	姐婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	姐婆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	姐婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	姐婆
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	姐婆
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	姐婆
	Wuhua (Changbu)	姐婆
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	姐婆
	Wuhua (Meilin)	姐婆
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	姐婆
	Wengyuan	姐婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	姐婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	小婆
	Liannan	姐婆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	姐婆
	Jiexi	姐婆
	Luhe	姐婆
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	外媽
	Changting	婆則
	Wuping	外娭姐
	Wuping (Yanqian)	外娭姐
	Wuping (Pingyu)	外阿婆
	Liancheng	外子媽
	Ninghua	婆婆
	Yudu	外婆
	Ningdu	外婆
	Ruijin	外婆
	Shicheng	外婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	外婆
	Tonggu (Sandu)	外婆
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	外婆
	Dayu	外婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姐婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外阿婆, 阿婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姐婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	外阿婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姐嬤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外媽
	Hong Kong	姐婆
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	姐婆
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	姐婆
	Xinyi (Sihe)	姐婆
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	姐婆
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	外婆
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	外婆
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	姐婆
	Mengshan (Xihe)	姐婆
	Luchuan	姐婆
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	姐婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	姐婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	姐婆
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	姐婆
	Singkawang	姐婆
	Singapore (Dabu)	阿姐
Huizhou	Jixi	外婆
	Shexian	外婆
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	外婆
Jin	Taiyuan	娘娘, 姥娘, 姥姥
	Pingyao	婆婆
	Xinzhou	姥姥啊, 呀姥, 姥姥
	Taibus (Baochang)	姥姥
	Linhe	姥娘
	Jining	姥姥
	Hohhot	姥姥
	Baotou	姥姥
	Dongsheng	姥姥
	Haibowan	姥姥, 姥娘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	畲嫲, 嫲嫲, 外婆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	畲嫲
	Songxi	婆
	Zhenghe	婆奶
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	外婆
	Jianyang	婆婆
	Wuyishan	外婆
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿婆, 畲嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外媽
	Fuzhou (Changle)	外媽
	Fuqing	外媽
	Yongtai	外媽
	Gutian	外媽
	Fu'an	外婆
	Ningde	外婆
	Shouning	外婆
	Zhouning	娘婆
	Fuding	外婆
	Matsu	外媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿媽, 俺媽, 外媽
	Quanzhou	媽仔, 俺媽, 外媽
	Jinjiang	外家媽
	Zhangzhou	阿媽, 咉媽, 外媽
	Taipei	外媽, 阿媽 GT
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	外媽
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	外媽
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	外媽
	Kaohsiung	外媽
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	外媽
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	外媽
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	外媽
	Yilan	外媽
	Yilan (Toucheng)	外媽
	Tainan	外媽
	Tainan (Anping)	外媽, 俺媽
	Kinmen	外媽
	Penghu (Magong)	外媽
	Penghu (Xiyu)	外媽
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿媽, 媽, 外媽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	俺媽, 阿媽, 外媽
	Manila (Hokkien)	外媽
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	外媽
	Chaozhou	外媽
	Shantou	外媽
	Jieyang	外媽
	Haifeng	外婆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	外媽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	外媽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	外媽
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿媽, 外媽
	Leizhou	外家祖婆
	Wenchang	外婆
	Haikou	媽, 阿媽, 婆, 外家媽, 外家婆, 外媽
	Singapore (Hainanese)	阿婆
Puxian Min	Putian	外頭媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	外頭媽
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	婆 face-to-face, 外家婆 non-face-to-face
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	阿婆, 外婆
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	外婆, 婆婆
Wu	Shanghai	外婆, 外婆爾奶, 爾奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	親婆, 外婆, 阿婆
	Suzhou	外婆
	Wuxi	舅婆
	Danyang	婆婆
	Hangzhou	外婆
	Ningbo	外婆
	Wenzhou	外婆娘, 外婆
	Jinhua	外婆, 婆婆
Xiang	Changsha	外婆
	Xiangtan	外婆
	Loudi	外婆
	Shuangfeng	外婆
	Hengyang	外婆
	Quanzhou	外婆
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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