| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
外祖, 外祖父, 外翁
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
外祖父
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姥爺
|
| Taiwan
|
外公, 阿公
|
| Ulanhot
|
姥爺
|
| Tongliao
|
姥爺
|
| Chifeng
|
姥爺
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
姥爺
|
| Harbin
|
姥爺
|
| Shenyang
|
姥爺
|
| Singapore
|
外公, 公公
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
姥爺
|
| Jinan
|
姥爺
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姥爺
|
| Qingdao
|
姥爺
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
外爺
|
| Wanrong
|
舅廈爺
|
| Zhengzhou
|
姥爺
|
| Xi'an
|
外爺, 舅家爺, 舅爺, 外把 Hui
|
| Xining
|
外爺
|
| Xuzhou
|
外爺爺, 外老爺
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
舅爺
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
外爸
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
外爺爺 non-face-to-face, 姥爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺 face-to-face
|
| Bayanhot
|
外爺爺, 姥爺
|
| Lanzhou
|
外爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺 face-to-face
|
| Ürümqi
|
外爺爺
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
外爺, 外公, 外祖父, 家公
|
| Wuhan
|
家公爹爹 non-face-to-face, 爹爹 face-to-face
|
| Guiyang
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 公公 face-to-face
|
| Kunming
|
公公
|
| Liuzhou
|
公, 爺爺, 阿公
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
公公, 外公把把 Hui
|
| Yangzhou
|
公公
|
| Nantong
|
外公爹爹
|
| Hefei
|
外爹爹
|
| Huanggang
|
家爹
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿公, 公公
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
阿公
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
姐公
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
姐公
|
| Macau
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Huangpu)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
|
外公
|
| Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
阿公
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
遠公
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿公
|
| Foshan
|
阿公
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿公
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
阿公
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
阿公
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
外公
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
阿公
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
祖公
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
子公
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
祖公
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
祖公
|
| Taishan
|
阿公
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿公
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿公
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
|
| Dongguan
|
阿公
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
阿公
|
| Shaoguan
|
阿公, 外公
|
| Yunfu
|
阿公
|
| Yangjiang
|
外公
|
| Xinyi
|
外公
|
| Lianjiang
|
姊公, 阿公
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
外公
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
外公, 公公
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
阿公
|
| Lichuan
|
阿公
|
| Pingxiang
|
外公, 外公老子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
外阿公, 姐公, 外公
|
| Xingning
|
姐公
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
姐公
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
姐公
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
姐公
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
姐公
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
姐公
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
姐公
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
姐公
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
姐公
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
姐公
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
姐公
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
姐公
|
| Wengyuan
|
姐公
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
姐公
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
小公
|
| Liannan
|
姐公
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
姐公
|
| Jiexi
|
姐公
|
| Luhe
|
姐公
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
外公
|
| Changting
|
外公爹
|
| Wuping
|
外公爹
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
外公爹
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
外阿公
|
| Liancheng
|
外子爹
|
| Ninghua
|
公公
|
| Yudu
|
外公
|
| Ningdu
|
外公
|
| Ruijin
|
外公
|
| Shicheng
|
外公
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
外公
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
外公
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
外公
|
| Dayu
|
外公
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
姐公
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
外阿公, 阿公
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
姐公
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
外阿公
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
姐公
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
外公
|
| Hong Kong
|
姐公
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
姐公
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
姐公
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
姐公
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
姐公
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
外公
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
外公
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
姐公
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
姐公
|
| Luchuan
|
姐公
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
姐公
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
姐公
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
姐公
|
| Singkawang
|
姐公
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
姐公
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
外公
|
| Shexian
|
外公
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
外公, 公公
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姥爺
|
| Pingyao
|
簡爺
|
| Xinzhou
|
姥爺 non-face-to-face, 姥爺啊 face-to-face
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
姥爺
|
| Linhe
|
姥爺
|
| Jining
|
姥爺
|
| Hohhot
|
姥爺
|
| Baotou
|
姥爺
|
| Dongsheng
|
姥爺
|
| Haibowan
|
姥爺
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
畬公, 外公, 公公
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
畬公
|
| Songxi
|
公伯
|
| Zhenghe
|
婆公
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
外公
|
| Jianyang
|
婆爹
|
| Wuyishan
|
外公
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
畬公, 公仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
外公
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
外公
|
| Fuqing
|
外公
|
| Yongtai
|
外公
|
| Gutian
|
外公
|
| Fu'an
|
外公
|
| Ningde
|
外翁
|
| Shouning
|
外翁
|
| Zhouning
|
娘翁
|
| Fuding
|
外公
|
| Matsu
|
外公
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
外公, 阿公, 俺公
|
| Quanzhou
|
外公, 阿公
|
| Jinjiang
|
外家公
|
| Zhangzhou
|
外公, 阿公
|
| Taipei
|
外公
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
外公
|
| Kaohsiung
|
外公
|
| Yilan
|
外公
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
外公
|
| Taichung
|
外公
|
| Tainan
|
外公
|
| Hsinchu
|
外公
|
| Kinmen
|
外公
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
外公
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
外公, 阿公, 公
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
外公 non-face-to-face, 俺公 face-to-face, 阿公
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
外公
|
| Chaozhou
|
外公
|
| Shantou
|
外公
|
| Haifeng
|
外公
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
外公
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
外公
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
外公
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿公, 外公
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
外公
|
| Leizhou
|
外家祖公, 公
|
| Wenchang
|
外公
|
| Haikou
|
外家爸 non-face-to-face, 外家公 non-face-to-face, 外爸 non-face-to-face, 阿爸 face-to-face
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿公
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
外頭公
|
| Xianyou
|
外頭公
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
外公 face-to-face, 外家公 non-face-to-face
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
阿公
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
外公, 外公爹爹, 外公老爹
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
外公大大
|
| Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)
|
外公大大
|
| Shanghai (Fengxian)
|
外公大大
|
| Shanghai (Qingpu)
|
外公大大, 大大
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
外公, 公公 face-to-face
|
| Suzhou
|
外公, 外公阿爹, 阿爹
|
| Wuxi
|
舅公
|
| Danyang
|
公公
|
| Hangzhou
|
外公
|
| Ningbo
|
外公
|
| Wenzhou
|
外公爺
|
| Jinhua
|
外公, 公公
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
外公
|
| Xiangtan
|
外公
|
| Loudi
|
外公
|
| Shuangfeng
|
外公
|
| Hengyang
|
外公
|