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祖母vs奶奶 - Mesqueeb - 2011-01-08
What's the difference? ^^
-Mesqueeb
祖母vs奶奶 - bodhisamaya - 2011-01-08
祖母 is Japanese and Chinese
奶奶 is Chinese only
祖母vs奶奶 - ta12121 - 2011-01-09
奶奶>look up on rikaichan=you'll be surprised.
祖母vs奶奶 - Mesqueeb - 2011-01-09
but when do the chinese use which?
(sorry I have no rikaichan)
祖母vs奶奶 - liosama - 2011-01-09
Well from both guessing and checking e-dict
奶奶 is more home-sounding (akin to 第第,姊姊) while 祖母 may be used in a more formal setting.
I'm just throwing guesses here. So many times i've been wrong. 太太 for example is what I learnt in my studies, but according to my Chinese friend at work it's rude and almost derogatory to use it now, but in Taiwan I think it's fine to use this, and 小姐 is just as rude too and doesn't actually refer to a young woman, but rather implies a girl that goes out at night and goes to bars etc, but again in TW i think it's fine. I'm not sure, the resources I'm studying off are Taiwanese, my friend is a mainlander
Anyway I'll ask my friend at work tomorrow and let you know =D
祖母vs奶奶 - Mesqueeb - 2011-01-09
I've heard 小姐 a dozen times in TW movies, and we learn "peking" chinese at school, and they told us it's rude..... xP
Exactly the opposite of your situation! haha!
祖母vs奶奶 - liosama - 2011-01-09
Yeah I'm sticking with TW =D
And yes I just asked my friend, he said the first is usually seen written and the latter is mainly in speech, however it is fine to use both. I guess it's similar to Father vs Dad