祖父母

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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

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

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 (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

祖(そ)父(ふ)母(ぼ) • (sofubo)

grandparents

Antonyms

孫(まご) (mago, “grandchild”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	父	母

Noun

祖父母 • (jobumo) (hangeul 조부모)

hanja form^? of 조부모 (“grandparents”)

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