外公

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外公

wàigōng Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ Mandarin, Bopomofo
ngoi⁶ gung¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
uài-é̤ng Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
ngiê-gŭng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
gōa-kong Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
gǒa-kong Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
ghua⁷ gong¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
⁶nga-kon Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
wàigōng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
wàigong Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
wai⁴-kung¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
wài-gūng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
waygong Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
вайгун Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/waɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
ngoi⁶ gung¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ngoih gūng Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/ŋɔːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
uài-é̤ng Min Bei, 建甌話, 建寧羅馬字
/uai⁴² œyŋ⁵⁴/ Min Bei, IPA, 建甌話
ngiê-gŭng Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
/ŋie²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA
gōa-kong Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
guā-kong Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
goaxkofng Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/ɡu̯a³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

noun

colloquial, 區域外祖父（母親的父親）

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noun

In English

grandfather grandfather (from either side)
maternal grandfather one's mother's father

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"外公." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A4%96%E5%85%AC. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {外公},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A4%96%E5%85%AC},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}