姥
lǎo
Pinyin

Definition

姥
 - 
mǔ
  1. governess
  2. old woman
姥
 - 
lǎo
  1. grandma (maternal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

姥姥
lǎo lao
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
姥爷
lǎo ye
  1. 1 maternal grandfather (dialectal)
姥
lǎo
  1. 1 grandma (maternal)
姥娘
lǎo niáng
  1. 1 maternal grandmother (dialectal)
姨姥姥
yí lǎo lao
  1. 1 mother's mother's sister
  2. 2 great-aunt
老姥
lǎo mǔ
  1. 1 old lady (term of modesty)

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

你才是“刘姥姥”呢！就从这边走吧。你看，那就是宝玉住的地方！
nǐ cái shì “Liú lǎolao ”ne ！jiù cóng zhèbiān zǒu ba 。nǐkàn ，nà jiùshì Bǎoyù zhù de dìfang ！
Look who's talking! You're actually “Grandma Liu！” Let's start from here. Look, that's where Baoyu lives.
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看你激动的，跟“刘姥姥进大观园”一个样！
kàn nǐ jīdòng de ，gēn “Liú lǎolao jìn dàguānyuán ”yīgeyàng ！
Look how excited you are. You're like "Grandma Liu entering the Prospect Garden."
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听说吃西餐要讲究什么顺序，别我到了那儿，像刘姥姥进大观园一样，让别人笑话。
tīngshuō chī xīcān yào jiǎngjiu shénme shùnxù ，bié wǒ dào le nàr ，xiàng Liúlǎolaojìndàguānyuán yīyàng ，ràng biérén xiàohuà 。
I have heard that when you are eating western food you need to pay attention to the order. I don't want to get there and be like Grandma Liu, who was laughed at in the Grand View Garden.
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哈哈，高大上您也知道啊。姥姥你可真是潮人啊。没事，咱不差钱，吃得起。
hāhā ，gāodàshàng nín yě zhīdào ā 。lǎolao nǐ kě zhēn shì cháorén ā 。méishì ，zá bùchàqián ，chī de qǐ 。
Haha. You know the saying "high end,luxury and classy" too. Grandma, you are so hip. It's no problem. We are not short of money. We can afford to eat there.
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姥姥，瞧您说的，那是刀叉，没你想得那么夸张。
lǎolao ，qiáo nín shuō de ，nà shì dāochā ，méi nǐ xiǎng de nàme kuāzhāng 。
Grandma, think about what you said. It's a knife and fork. It's not as over the top as what you think.
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姥姥，您难得进城，我带你去西餐厅吃西餐。
lǎolao ，nín nándé jìn chéng ，wǒ dài nǐ qù xīcāntīng chī xīcān 。
Grandma, you rarely go into the city. I will take you to a Western restaurant to eat Western-style food.
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北方要叫：姥爷、姥姥。
běifāng yào jiào ：lǎoye 、lǎolao 。
In the North, they'll be called: lǎoye and lǎolao.
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妈妈的妈妈，叫外婆。北方也叫姥姥。
māma de māma ，jiào wàipó 。běifāng yě jiào lǎolao 。
Our mother's mother we call "wai po." In the north you can also say "lao lao."
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妈妈的爸爸，我们叫外公。北方也叫姥爷。
māma de bàba ，wǒmen jiào wàigōng 。běifāng yě jiào lǎoye 。
We call our mother's father "wai gong." In the north you can also say "lao ye."
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