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阿公

āgōng

(old) grandfather

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(old) grandfather

02

polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law

03

(Taiwanese) grandfather

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 阿公 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 阿公 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

阿公每个周末都会带孙子去公园散步。ā gōng měi gè zhōu mò dū huì dài sūn zi qù gōng yuán sàn bù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

「妈,冰箱里的『酱油渍菇』看起来很好吃欸。可以吃吗?」「吃是可以,但吃了好像会肚子痛,要小心喔。」「啊?谁做的啊?」「啊,那个是阿公去山上采的野菇,阿嬷拿去腌的啦。」「那里面该不会混进了不能吃的毒菇吧?」「是这样吗?」「mā, bīng xiāng lǐ de 『jiàng yóu zì gū』 kàn qǐ lái hěn hǎo chī āi。 kě yǐ chī ma?」「chī shì kě yǐ, dàn chī le hǎo xiàng huì dù zi tòng, yào xiǎo xīn ō。」「a? shuí zuò de a?」「a, nà ge shì ā gōng qù shān shàng cǎi de yě gū, ā mā ná qù yān de la。」「nà lǐ miàn gāi bú huì hùn jìn le bù néng chī de dú gū ba?」「shì zhè yàng ma?」

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 阿公.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 阿公.

Directly before

  • 是阿公1

Directly after

  • 阿公每个1
  • 阿公去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 阿公

What does 阿公 mean in Chinese?

阿公 (āgōng) means (old) grandfather.

How do you pronounce 阿公?

阿公 is pronounced āgōng.

Is 阿公 an HSK word?

阿公 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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