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English translations
(maternal) grandmother, grandma
Chinese characters:
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姥姥 ( laolao / lăolao ) is composed of these characters:
姥 (lao)
, 姥 (lao)
The traditional Chinese characters of lăolao are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 姥姥 ( laolao / lăolao ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Wo de laolao ganggang qushi le.
Wŏ de lăolao gānggāng qùshì le. – English translation: My grandmother has just passed away.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
female | old
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.