ngoi6 taai3 po4外太婆
Jyutpingngoi6 taai3 po4
Yalengoih taai pòh
Definition
Great-grandmother on one's mother's side; one's mother's grandmother.
colloquialfamilypeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to the mother of one's maternal or paternal grandmother. While technically accurate, many families prefer using the more colloquial 太婆 or 曾祖母 to avoid confusion, as 外太婆 can sometimes be ambiguous depending on regional family naming conventions.
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go3個goExamples
My great-grandmother is already ninety years old this year.
Related words
Common phrases
visit great-grandmother
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 外婆, which is simply your mother's mother. Adding the 太 prefix is essential to indicate the extra generation.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
