wài zǔ fù

外祖父 (wài zǔ fù) is a Chinese word meaning “maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)”.

Meanings

  1. 1maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

Characters in 外祖父

外wài · outside祖zǔ · ancestor父fù · (bound form) father

Related words

父亲father外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)父母father and mother; parents另外additional外outside意外unexpected神父Catholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)之外outside外套outer garment; jacket; coat以外apart from外星人space alien; extraterrestrial父(bound form) father

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