公公 (gōng gong) — husband's father (father-in-law); (dialectal) maternal grandfather; grandpa
Definition
Standard sense is 'husband's father' — pair it with 婆婆 'husband's mother'. In some dialects (e.g. Sichuanese) it also means 'maternal grandfather'.
noun
husband's father (father-in-law)(dialectal) maternal grandfathergrandpa
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 公公。Wǒ pó po hé gōng gong duì wǒ dōu hěn hǎo.My mother-in-law and father-in-law are both very kind to me.
- ,公公。Zài sì chuān huà lǐ, gōng gong jiù shì wài gōng de yì si.In Sichuan dialect, 'gōng gong' means maternal grandfather.
- 公公,。Xiǎo shí hou wǒ jīng cháng qù xiāng xia kàn gōng gong, tā zǒng gěi wǒ jiǎng gù shi.When I was little, I often went to the countryside to see grandpa, and he always told me stories.
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