wài zǔ mǔ

外祖母 (wài zǔ mǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “mother's mother; maternal grandmother”.

Meanings

  1. 1mother's mother
  2. 2maternal grandmother

Characters in 外祖母

外wài · outside祖zǔ · ancestor母mǔ · mother

Related words

母亲mother外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)父母father and mother; parents另外additional外outside意外unexpected之外outside母mother外套outer garment; jacket; coat以外apart from外星人space alien; extraterrestrial外科surgery (branch of medicine)

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