My grandmother is very old.
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祖母
zǔ mǔ
HSK 3.0 · 6
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zǔ mǔ · zou2 mou5 (Jyutping)
- father's mother; paternal grandmother
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Character breakdown
祖
- Meaning
- ancestor, forefather; grandfather
- Radical
- 礻
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰礻且
- Cangjie
- IFBM
- Four-corner
- 3721.0
母
- Meaning
- mother; female elders; female
- Radical
- 母
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ？
- Cangjie
- WYI
- Four-corner
- 7750.0
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Example sentences
My grandmother lives by herself.
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