<p><strong><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E7%A5%96%E7%88%B6%E6%AF%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">祖父母</a></strong></p>

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  <p>祖父母是指父亲的父母亲，又称“爷爷、嫲嫲”、“爷爷、奶奶”。母亲的父母称为外祖父母，在中国南方称为外公、外婆，在中国北方则称为姥姥（或姥娘）、姥爷。自己则分别是祖父母和外祖父母的孙儿或孙女、外孙或外孙女。</p>
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<p>It also links to the English page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparent" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Grandparent</a>.</p>

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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grandparents_Day" rel="nofollow noreferrer">National Grandparents Day</a> is also translated as:</p>

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  <p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E7%A5%96%E7%88%B6%E6%AF%8D%E7%AF%80" rel="nofollow noreferrer">祖父母节</a></p>
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<ul>
<li>外公，外婆 are the parents of your mum. You call them 外祖父母.</li>
<li>爷爷，奶奶 are the parents of your dad. You call them 祖父母.  </li>
</ul>

<p>Understand?</p>

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昨晚忘記呼吸
<p>I feel like there must be an answer to this question. I know each of the individual titles </p>

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  <p>外公，外婆，爷爷，奶奶</p>
</blockquote>

<p>but I can't seem to find how to say a collective title 'grandparents' as we would use in English, nor will my dictionary turn up a good answer. </p>

<p>Can anyone tell me if there is a proper way to say grandparents in Chinese?</p>

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How to say grandparents (as in the collective group) rather than the specific individual?
# How to say grandparents (as in the collective group) rather than the specific individual?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-23)

I feel like there must be an answer to this question. I know each of the individual titles

> 外公，外婆，爷爷，奶奶

but I can't seem to find how to say a collective title 'grandparents' as we would use in English, nor will my dictionary turn up a good answer.

Can anyone tell me if there is a proper way to say grandparents in Chinese?

**Tags:** translation


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

**[祖父母](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E7%A5%96%E7%88%B6%E6%AF%8D)**

> 祖父母是指父亲的父母亲，又称“爷爷、嫲嫲”、“爷爷、奶奶”。母亲的父母称为外祖父母，在中国南方称为外公、外婆，在中国北方则称为姥姥（或姥娘）、姥爷。自己则分别是祖父母和外祖父母的孙儿或孙女、外孙或外孙女。

It also links to the English page for [Grandparent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparent).

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[National Grandparents Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grandparents_Day) is also translated as:

> [祖父母节](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E7%A5%96%E7%88%B6%E6%AF%8D%E7%AF%80)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-09-05. Score: 0

* 外公，外婆 are the parents of your mum. You call them 外祖父母.
* 爷爷，奶奶 are the parents of your dad. You call them 祖父母.

Understand?


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