wai4
gong1
  1. (coll.) mother's father
  2. maternal grandfather

Characters

  • 外 (外): outside; in addition; foreign; external
  • 公 (公): public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

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Examples

我的外公想安静地度过晚年。

我们担心着外公和外婆。

我妈妈的爸爸是我的外公。

他很像他外公。

我出生不久之後我的外公就去世了。

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