# 外公 (wàigōng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 外公 (wàigōng) means “maternal grandfather”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: maternal grandfather
- Pinyin: wàigōng (wai4 gong1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 每年暑假，我都会去乡下看望外公。
  Měinián shǔjià, wǒ dōu huì qù xiāngxià kànwàng wàigōng.
  Every summer vacation, I go to the countryside to visit my maternal grandfather.

## Characters

- [外](https://hanziro.com/word/wai-outside/) (wài): outside; foreign
- [公](https://hanziro.com/word/gong-public/) (gōng): public; common

https://hanziro.com/word/wai-gong-maternal-grandfather/

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