爷爷
Traditional 爺爺
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- (coll.) father's father
- paternal grandfather
In a conversation
0:19 cartoonSlower, grandpa says
- Dengdeng
我爷爷每天早上都来公园打太极拳。
My grandpa comes to the park every morning to do tai chi.
- Liangliang
厉害！他教你吗？
Wow! Does he teach you?
- Dengdeng
教，可是我学不会。
He does, but I cannot learn it.
- Liangliang
你爷爷怎么说？
What does your grandpa say?
- Dengdeng
爷爷说：再慢一点。我说：我已经停了。
Grandpa says: slower. I say: I have already stopped.
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In a sentence
2 examples我出生不久之后我的爷爷就去世了。
My grandfather died shortly after my birth.
Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
那个故事是我爷爷告诉我的。
It was my grandfather that told me that story.
Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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