奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)

1. 1.

   (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)noun

• 奶not compositional here
• 奶not compositional here

奶奶 is used both to address your grandmother and to talk about her, and can be counted with 位.

1. HSK 1

   我奶奶今年八十岁了。

   Wǒ nǎinai jīnnián bāshí suì le.

   My grandma is eighty this year.

2. HSK 1

   奶奶在做饭。

   Nǎinai zài zuò fàn.

   Grandma is cooking.

3. HSK 3

   周末我常常去看奶奶。

   Zhōumò wǒ chángcháng qù kàn nǎinai.

   I often go to see my grandma on weekends.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   你周末做什么？

   Nǐ zhōumò zuò shénme?

   What are you doing this weekend?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   我去奶奶家，她会给我做饺子。

   Wǒ qù nǎinai jiā, tā huì gěi wǒ zuò jiǎozi.

   I'm going to my grandma's. She'll make dumplings for me.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   你奶奶住得远吗？

   Nǐ nǎinai zhù de yuǎn ma?

   Does your grandma live far away?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   不远，坐地铁半个小时。

   Bù yuǎn, zuò dìtiě bàn ge xiǎoshí.

   Not far. It's half an hour by subway.

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