高祖母

Chinese

		high; tall	paternal grandmother
simp. and trad. (高祖母)		高	祖母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāozǔmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou² mou⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kau-tsu-mu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔmǔ [Phonetic: gāozúmǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³-mu³
  - Yale: gāu-dzǔ-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuumuu
  - Palladius: гаоцзуму (gaoczumu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ zou² mou⁵
  - Yale: gōu jóu móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou² mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou² mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kau-tsu-mu
  - MiniDict: kau^平 tsu mu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-tsu-mu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡su³³ mu²¹/

Noun

高祖母

great-great-grandmother (grandparent's grandmother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖母 (“great-great-grandmother (mother of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖母
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖母
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太嫲
Cantonese	Taishan	阿卓
Hakka	Meixian	婆白, 阿白
	Xingning	婆白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆白
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	婆白
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	婆白
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	婆太太, 祖婆太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老太媽
Jin	Taiyuan	祖奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大媽

Coordinate terms

高祖父 (gāozǔfù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖	母
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

かうそぼ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーそぼ [kòósóꜜbò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞bo̞]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ)母(ぼ) • (kōsobo) ^{←かうそぼ (kausobo)^?}

great-great-grandmother, a grandparent's grandmother

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
高	祖	母

Noun

高祖母 • (gojomo) (hangeul 고조모)

hanja form^? of 고조모 (“great-great-grandmother, a grandparent's grandmother”)