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祖父母 meaning in English

zǔfùmǔ

paternal grandparents

18 strokes

Meaning of 祖父母

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zǔfùmǔ
  1. paternal grandparents

祖父母 in example sentences

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

我wǒ的de一yī些xiē小xiǎo学xué同tóng学xué都dōu已yǐ经jīng是shì祖zǔ父fù母mǔ了le。
Some of my classmates from primary school are already grandparents.
我wǒ的de祖zǔ父fù母mǔ来lái自zì里lǐ斯sī本běn，但dàn是shì我wǒ的de父fù母mǔ来lái自zì里lǐ约yuē热rè内nèi卢lú。
My grandparents are from Lisbon, but my parents are from Rio de Janeiro.
Lucy是shì被bèi她tā的de祖zǔ父fù母mǔ养yǎng大dà的de。
Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.
露lù西xī被bèi她tā的de祖zǔ父fù母mǔ揶yé揄yú。
Lucy was bantered by her grandparents.

Stroke order for each character

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

祖 zǔ · ancestor · 9 strokes

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

父 fù · father · 4 strokes

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

母 mǔ · mother · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 祖父母.

父亲fùqīnfather; also pr. [fu4 qin5]
母亲mǔqīnmother
父母fùmǔfather and mother; parents
字母zìmǔletter (of the alphabet)
师父shīfuused for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master
祖母zǔmǔfather's mother; paternal grandmother
祖父zǔfùfather's father; paternal grandfather
祖国zǔguómotherland
父子fùzǐfather and son
母鸡mǔjīhen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
母女mǔnǚmother and daughter; mother-daughter
母子mǔzǐmother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies)

Questions about 祖父母

What does 祖父母 mean?

祖父母 (zǔfùmǔ) means "paternal grandparents".

How do you write 祖父母?

祖父母 is made of 3 characters: 祖 (9 strokes), 父 (4 strokes), 母 (5 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.