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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
外祖母
- maternal grandmother
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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外祖母, 外王母
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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外祖母
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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姥姥
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Taiwan
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外婆, 阿嬤
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Ulanhot
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Tongliao
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Chifeng
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姥姥
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Harbin
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姥兒, 姥姥
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Shenyang
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姥娘
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Singapore
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外婆, 婆婆
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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姥姥
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Jinan
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姥娘
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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姥, 姥母
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Qingdao
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姥娘
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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姥姥, 婆兒婆兒
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Wanrong
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舅廈娘
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Zhengzhou
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姥娘, 姥姥
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Xi'an
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外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui
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Xining
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外奶奶
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Xuzhou
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外奶奶
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥
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Bayanhot
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外奶奶, 姥姥
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Lanzhou
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奶奶, 外奶奶
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Ürümqi
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外奶奶
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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外婆, 家婆, 家家
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Wuhan
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家家
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Guiyang
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婆婆, 外婆
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Kunming
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婆婆, 外婆
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Guilin
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婆婆
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Liuzhou
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外婆, 婆, 阿婆
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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婆婆
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Yangzhou
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婆婆
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Nantong
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外婆奶奶
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Hefei
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外奶奶
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Huanggang
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家婆
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face
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Hong Kong
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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阿婆
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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姐婆
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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姐婆
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Macau
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Huangpu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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遠婆
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿婆
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Foshan
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婆婆
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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外婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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祖婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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子婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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祖婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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祖婆
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Taishan
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阿婆, 外婆, 婆, 婆婆
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿婆
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Enping (Niujiang)
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婆大
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿婆
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Dongguan
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿婆
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Shaoguan
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外婆
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Yunfu
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阿婆
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Yangjiang
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外婆
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Xinyi
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外婆
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Lianjiang
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姊婆, 阿婆
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Nanning
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阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆
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Wuzhou
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Yulin
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外婆
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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外嫲
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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外婆
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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外婆, 婆婆
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Gan
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Nanchang
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阿婆
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Lichuan
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阿婆
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Pingxiang
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外婆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆
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Xingning
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姐婆
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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姐婆
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Huidong (Daling)
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姐婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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姐婆
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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姐婆
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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姐婆
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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姐婆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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姐婆
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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姐婆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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姐婆
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Wuhua (Meilin)
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姐婆
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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姐婆
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Wengyuan
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姐婆
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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姐婆
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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小婆
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Liannan
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姐婆
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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姐婆
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Jiexi
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姐婆
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Luhe
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姐婆
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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外媽
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Changting
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婆則
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Wuping
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外娭姐
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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外娭姐
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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外阿婆
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Liancheng
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外子媽
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Ninghua
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婆婆
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Yudu
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外婆
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Ningdu
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外婆
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Ruijin
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外婆
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Shicheng
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外婆
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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外婆
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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外婆
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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外婆
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Dayu
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外婆
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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姐婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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外阿婆, 阿婆
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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姐婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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外阿婆
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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姐嬤
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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外媽
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Hong Kong
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姐婆
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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姐婆
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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姐婆
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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姐婆
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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姐婆
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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外婆
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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外婆
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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姐婆
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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姐婆
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Luchuan
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姐婆
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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姐婆
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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姐婆
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Senai (Huiyang)
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姐婆
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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姐婆
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Singkawang
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姐婆
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Singapore (Dabu)
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阿姐
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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外婆
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Shexian
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外婆
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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外婆
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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娘娘, 姥娘, 姥姥
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Pingyao
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婆婆
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Xinzhou
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姥姥啊, 呀姥, 姥姥
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Taibus (Baochang)
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姥姥
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Linhe
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姥娘
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Jining
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姥姥
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Hohhot
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姥姥
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Baotou
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姥姥
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Dongsheng
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姥姥
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Haibowan
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姥姥, 姥娘
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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畲嫲, 嫲嫲, 外婆
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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畲嫲
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Songxi
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婆
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Zhenghe
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婆奶
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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外婆
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Jianyang
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婆婆
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Wuyishan
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外婆
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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阿婆, 畲嫲
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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外媽
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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外媽
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Fuqing
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外媽
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Yongtai
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外媽
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Gutian
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外媽
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Fu'an
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外婆
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Ningde
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外婆
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Shouning
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外婆
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Zhouning
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娘婆
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Fuding
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外婆
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Matsu
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外媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿媽, 俺媽, 外媽
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Quanzhou
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媽仔, 俺媽, 外媽
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Jinjiang
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外家媽
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Zhangzhou
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阿媽, 咉媽, 外媽
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Taipei
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外媽, 阿媽 GT
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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外媽
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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外媽
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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外媽
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Kaohsiung
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外媽
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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外媽
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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外媽
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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外媽
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Yilan
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外媽
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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外媽
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Tainan
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外媽
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Tainan (Anping)
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外媽, 俺媽
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Kinmen
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外媽
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Penghu (Magong)
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外媽
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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外媽
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Penang (Hokkien)
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阿媽, 媽, 外媽
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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俺媽, 阿媽, 外媽
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Manila (Hokkien)
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外媽
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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外媽
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Chaozhou
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外媽
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Shantou
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外媽
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Jieyang
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外媽
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Haifeng
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外婆
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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外媽
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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外媽
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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外媽
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Singapore (Teochew)
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阿媽, 外媽
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Leizhou
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外家祖婆
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Wenchang
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外婆
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Haikou
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媽, 阿媽, 婆, 外家媽, 外家婆, 外媽
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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阿婆
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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外頭媽
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Xianyou
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外頭媽
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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婆 face-to-face, 外家婆 non-face-to-face
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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阿婆, 外婆
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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外婆, 婆婆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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外婆, 外婆爾奶, 爾奶
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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親婆, 外婆, 阿婆
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Suzhou
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外婆
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Wuxi
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舅婆
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Danyang
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婆婆
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Hangzhou
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外婆
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Ningbo
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外婆
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Wenzhou
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外婆娘, 外婆
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Jinhua
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外婆, 婆婆
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Xiang
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Changsha
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外婆
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Xiangtan
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外婆
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Loudi
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外婆
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Shuangfeng
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外婆
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Hengyang
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外婆
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Quanzhou
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外婆
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Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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See also
- (maternal grandfather) 外祖父 (wàizǔfù)
- (paternal grandfather) 祖父 (zǔfù), 爺爺/爷爷 (yéye)
- (paternal grandmother) 祖母 (zǔmǔ)
- (maternal grandparents) 外祖父母 (wàizǔfùmǔ)
- (paternal grandparents) 祖父母 (zǔfùmǔ)
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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外祖母 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
外祖母 • (gaisobo) ←ぐわいそぼ (gwaisobo)?
- (rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother