Lucy was bantered by her grandparents.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
祖父母
paternal grandparents
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
paternal grandparents
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 祖父母 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 祖父母 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.
Some of my classmates from primary school are already grandmothers and grandfathers.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 祖父母.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 祖父母.
Directly before
- 的祖父母3
- 是祖父母1
Directly after
- 祖父母养大1
- 祖父母还要1
- 祖父母揶揄1
- 祖父母来自1
- 祖父母了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 祖父母
What does 祖父母 mean in Chinese?
祖父母 (zǔfùmǔ) means paternal grandparents.
How do you pronounce 祖父母?
祖父母 is pronounced zǔfùmǔ.
Is 祖父母 an HSK word?
祖父母 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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