Definition
公公 is a kinship term that primarily refers to a married woman's father-in-law (husband's father). However, in some regional dialects (especially in the southwest), it can also mean maternal grandfather or serve as a respectful term for an elderly man, similar to 'grandpa'. The standard Mandarin usage is limited to the father-in-law sense, so be aware of dialectal variation.
n.
husband's father (father-in-law)(dialectal) maternal grandfathergrandpa
Examples
- 公公。Wǒ pópo 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 Sìchuān huà lǐ, gōng gong jiù shì wàigōng de yìsi.In Sichuan dialect, 'gōng gong' means maternal grandfather.
- 公公，。Xiǎoshíhou wǒ jīngcháng qù xiāngxià kàn gōng gong, tā zǒng gěi wǒ jiǎng gùshì.When I was little, I often went to the countryside to see grandpa, and he always told me stories.
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