奶奶 nǎinai

nǎinai noun paternal grandmother
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family , Concept: Relative 亲戚
Notes: 祖母 is formal in contrast with the informal 奶奶 (Sun 2006, loc. 977).

Contained in

  • 老奶奶 father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother; respectful form of address for an old woman
  • 姨奶奶 father's mother's sister ; great aunt
  • 少奶奶 young lady of the house; wife of the young master
  • 奶奶的 damn it!; blast it! ; grandmother's
  • 姑奶奶 father's father's sister; great aunt

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Collocations

  • 姚奶奶 (姚奶奶) 隨即房主人家薦了一個賣花堂客叫做姚奶奶來見 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三十三回 Chapter 33 — count: 16
  • 大奶奶 (大奶奶) 管營相公和大奶奶廝鬧 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百三回 Chapter 103 — count: 15
  • 奶奶来 (奶奶來) 奶奶來耶 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十四回 Chapter 34 — count: 13
  • 请奶奶 (請奶奶) 差來請奶奶去吃唐僧肉 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十四回 Chapter 34 — count: 7
  • 舅奶奶 (舅奶奶) 明日還拿轎子接兩位舅奶奶來 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 5
  • 李奶奶 (李奶奶) 後來李奶奶來了看見 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 8 — count: 5
  • 这位奶奶 (這位奶奶) 但是我認不得你這位奶奶 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 3
  • 奶奶说 (奶奶說) 你向奶奶說 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 3
  • 替奶奶 (替奶奶) 他仍要替奶奶 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 2
  • 奶奶房 (奶奶房) 在後面小奶奶房裏去了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百三回 Chapter 103 — count: 2