外婆 meaning in English

wàipó

(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother

HSK 7-9noun16 strokes

Meaning of 外婆

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wàipó
  1. (coll.) mother's mother
  2. maternal grandmother

外婆 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè是shì我wǒ外wài婆pó的de假jiǎ牙yá。
It's my grandmother's set of false teeth.
有yǒu时shí候hòu外wài婆pó比bǐ克kè格gé勃bó还hái危wēi险xiǎn。
Sometimes, Grandma is more dangerous than the KGB.
汤tāng姆mǔ去qù波bō士shì顿dùn陪péi外wài公gōng外wài婆pó过guò圣shèng诞dàn节jié。
Tom went to Boston to spend Christmas with his grandparents.
我wǒ们men担dān心xīn着zhe外wài公gōng和hé外wài婆pó。
We're worried about Grandma and Grandpa.
我wǒ外wài婆pó患huàn有yǒu骨gǔ质zhì疏shū松sōng症zhèng。
My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

外 wài · outside · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

婆 pó · old woman · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 外婆.

外国wàiguóforeign country
国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
外边wàibianoutside; outer surface
外语wàiyǔforeign language
以外yǐwàiapart from; other than
外卖wàimài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
另外lìngwàiadditional; in addition
意外yìwàiunexpected; accident
外交wàijiāodiplomacy; diplomatic
外文wàiwénforeign language (written)

Questions about 外婆

What does 外婆 mean?

外婆 (wàipó) means "(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 外婆?

外婆 is made of 2 characters: 外 (5 strokes), 婆 (11 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 外婆 an HSK word?

Yes. 外婆 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.