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ngoại phụ

Pronunciation Northern /ŋwa̰ːʔj˨˩ fṵʔ˨˩/ Central /ŋwa̰ːj˨˨ fṵ˨˨/ Southern /ŋwaːj˨˩˨ fu˨˩˨/
maternal grandfather
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maternal grandfather
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 unknown
maternal grandfather

This is a formal or literary term used in Vietnamese to refer to one's maternal grandfather in traditional contexts.

vi Ngoại phụ của tôi là một người thầy giáo về hưu.

en My maternal grandfather is a retired teacher.

Parts
ngoại / phụ / 外輔
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Components

Components

ngoại phụ
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
外輔
Candidates by syllable
ngoại 外 phụ 輔
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
ngoại truyện / ngoại ngữ / ý tại ngôn ngoại / dã ngoại …
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ngoại (foreign things) — words using
phụ (secondary) — words using
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