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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 外祖母

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ - mother's mother
- maternal grandmother

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,269 66,323 65,707

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
外 wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
祖 zǔ- surname Zu
祖 zǔ- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents
母 mǔ- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female

Other Words Containing 外祖母

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
外祖母 - - 18,269 66,323 65,707