祖父母

Chinese

		paternal grandfather	female; mother
simp. and trad. (祖父母)		祖父	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔfùmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² fu⁶ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔfùmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔfùmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-fu⁴-mu³
    • Yale: dzǔ-fù-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuufuhmuu
    • Palladius: цзуфуму (czufumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: jóu fuh móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ fuː²² mou̯¹³/

Noun

祖父母

1. paternal grandparents

See also

• 祖父 (zǔfù)
• 祖母 (zǔmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	父	母
そ Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
祖父母 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そふぼ [sòfúꜜbò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɸɯ̟bo̞]

Noun

祖(そ)父(ふ)母(ぼ) • (sofubo) 

1. grandparents

Antonyms

• 孫(まご) (mago, “grandchild”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	父	母

Noun

祖父母 • (jobumo) (hangeul 조부모)

1. hanja form^? of 조부모 (“grandparents”)