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外婆

wài pó

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

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

What 外婆 means

1. colloquialmother's mother
2. maternal grandmother

The characters in 外婆

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 婆pó(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law

Example sentences

• 这是我外婆的假牙。
  These are my grandmother's artificial teeth.
• 我们担心着外公和外婆。
  Wǒmen dānxīn zhe wàigōng hé wàipó.
  We're worried about Grandma and Grandpa.
• 我外婆患有骨质疏松症。
  My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.
• 有时候外婆比克格勃还危险。
  Yǒushíhou wàipó bǐ Kègébó hái wēixiǎn.
  Sometimes, Grandma is more dangerous than the KGB.
• 汤姆去波士顿陪外公外婆过圣诞节。
  Tom went to Boston to spend Christmas with his grandparents.

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