奶奶 (nǎi nai): meaning and stroke order
奶奶 (nǎi nai) means (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother), (respectful) mistress of the house, CL:位.
奶奶
- Simplified
- 奶奶
- Traditional
- 奶奶 (same form)
- Pinyin
- nǎi nai
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Stroke order of 奶奶
奶
- nǎi breast; milk
- nǎi variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]
- nǎi mother; variant of 奶[nai3]
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 妳
Stroke by stroke
奶
- nǎi breast; milk
- nǎi variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]
- nǎi mother; variant of 奶[nai3]
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 妳
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Meaning of 奶奶
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nǎi nai
- (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
- (respectful) mistress of the house
- CL:位[wei4]
- (coll.) boobies
- breasts
Radicals of the characters
- 奶
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 5 strokes · 女 on the left, 乃 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
奶奶 in our stories
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春节前一天，冬冬和爸爸妈妈坐火车回爷爷奶奶家。
Chūnjié qián yì tiān Dōngdong hé bàba māma zuò huǒchē huí yéye nǎinai jiā
The day before the Spring Festival, Dongdong and his parents take the train to his grandparents' home.
From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
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她只好说真话：“我奶奶年轻的时候去过很多地方，我从小就爱听她讲旅行的故事。”
tā zhǐhǎo shuō zhēnhuà wǒ nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou qù guò hěn duō dìfang wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù ài tīng tā jiǎng lǚxíng de gùshi
She has no choice but to tell the truth: "My grandma travelled a lot when she was young. Ever since I was little, I've loved listening to her travel stories."
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
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腊月二十三那天，奶奶一大早就把厨房打扫得干干净净，还在灶台前面摆了一盘糖瓜。
làyuè èrshísān nà tiān nǎinai yí dàzǎo jiù bǎ chúfáng dǎsǎo de gāngānjìngjìng hái zài zàotái qiánmiàn bǎi le yì pán tángguā
On the twenty-third of the twelfth month, Grandma cleaned the kitchen spotless first thing in the morning and set a plate of malt-sugar sweets in front of the stove.
From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
Stories using 奶奶
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- The honest answer HSK 3
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- An old bracelet HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).