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外公

wài gōngㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

Sino-Vietnamese: NGOẠI CÔNG

Traditional: 外公

HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 2

Meaning(noun)

(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather

Examples

  • 外公今年八十岁了。

    wài gōng jīn nián bā shí suì le.

    Grandpa (mum's father) is eighty this year.

  • 小时候我常听外公讲故事。

    xiǎo shí hòu wǒ cháng tīng wài gōng jiǎng gù shì.

    As a child I often listened to my grandpa's stories.

  • 外公和外婆住在乡下。

    wài gōng hé wài pó zhù zài xiāng xià.

    My maternal grandparents live in the countryside.

Easily confused

  • 爷爷 — 外公 is the mother's father; 爷爷 is the father's father.

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Stroke order

NGOẠI · 5 strokes

outside; in addition; foreign; external

CÔNG · 4 strokes

public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father

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