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外公

wài gōng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

外公 (wài gōng) means "(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外公 means

1. colloquialmother's father
2. maternal grandfather

The characters in 外公

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common

Example sentences

• 他很像他外公。
  He resembles his grandfather.
• 我们担心着外公和外婆。
  Wǒmen dānxīn zhe wàigōng hé wàipó.
  We're worried about Grandma and Grandpa.
• 我妈妈的爸爸是我的外公。
  Wǒ māma de bàba shì wǒ de wàigōng.
  My mother's father is my maternal grandfather.

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