高祖母

高祖母

Chinese

		high; tall	paternal grandmother
simp. and trad. (高祖母)		高	祖母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāozǔmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou² mou⁵
• Wu (Wiktionary): kau tsu mu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔmǔ [Phonetic: gāozúmǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³-mu³
    • Yale: gāu-dzǔ-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuumuu
    • Palladius: гаоцзуму (gaoczumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zou² mou⁵
    • Yale: gōu jóu móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou² mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou² mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kau tsu mu (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡sv̩ʷ³³ mv̩ʷ²¹/

Noun

高祖母

1. great-great-grandmother (grandparent's grandmother)

Synonyms

• (Taishanese) 阿卓
• (Hakka) 阿白, 婆白
• (Jin) 祖奶
• (Min Dong) 老大媽／老大妈

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖	母
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
高祖母 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• かうそぼ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーそ​ぼ [kòósóꜜbò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞bo̞]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ)母(ぼ) • (kōsobo) ^{←かうそぼ (kausobo)?}

1. great-great-grandmother, a grandparent's grandmother

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
高	祖	母

Noun

高祖母 • (gojomo) (hangeul 고조모)

1. Hanja form^? of 고조모 (“great-great-grandmother, a grandparent's grandmother”).