VocabularyHSK 3 · core

奶奶

nǎinai

grandmother

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 我去看奶奶。
    Going to see grandma.
  2. 奶奶很疼我。
    Grandma loves me dearly.

Collocations

奶奶好看奶奶我的奶奶

Mnemonic

奶奶 nǎinai "paternal grandmother" — Chinese, like Korean, distinguishes paternal vs maternal grandparents. Maternal: 姥姥 lǎolao or 外婆 wàipó. Japanese おばあさん is undifferentiated.

Quick check

  1. Maternal grandmother?

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