外孫

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See also: 外孙

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	grandson
trad. (外孫)		外	孫
simp. (外孙)		外	孙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàisūn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ syun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngoi-sûn

(Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖ sun^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ sun¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōa-sun

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ sung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàisūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàisun
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-sun¹
  - Yale: wài-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waysuen
  - Palladius: вайсунь (vajsunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: ngoih syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² syːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-sûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi sun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ sun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ sun²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖ sun^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ sun⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi⁴ sun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³ sun⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-sun
  - Tâi-lô: guā-sun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxswn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² sun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ sun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ sun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ sung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā sung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ suŋ³³/

Noun

外孫

grandson (daughter's son)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外孫 (“grandson (daughter's son)”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外孫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外孫子
	Taiwan	外孫子, 外孫
	Singapore	外孫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	外甥
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	外孫子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	外孫兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	外孫, 外孫伢, 外外
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	外孫子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	外孫子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外孫
	Hong Kong	外孫
	Taishan	外孫
	Yangjiang	外甥, 外甥孫
Gan	Nanchang	外甥
Hakka	Meixian	外孫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外孫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外孫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	外孫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	外孫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	外孫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外孫
Jin	Taiyuan	外孫, 外孫子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外甥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外甥, 外甥孫
Southern Min	Xiamen	外孫
	Quanzhou	外孫
	Jinjiang	外甥孫
	Zhangzhou	外孫
	Taipei	外孫
	Penang (Hokkien)	外孫
	Manila (Hokkien)	外孫
	Chaozhou	外孫
Wu	Shanghai	外甥
	Suzhou	外甥
	Wenzhou	外甥孫
Xiang	Changsha	外孫, 外孫子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	外孫

Coordinate terms

外孫女／外孙女 (wàisūnnǚ)

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