- 老奶奶 lǎonǎinai great-grandmotherpaternal great-grandmother; father's father's mother
- 姑奶奶 gūnǎinai great-auntfather's father's sister; sister of one's paternal grandfather
- 少奶奶 shàonǎinai young mistress(traditional) the wife of a young master in a wealthy household; the young lady of the house
- 姨奶奶 yínǎinai great-auntsister of one's father's mother; paternal grandmother's sister
- 求爷爷告奶奶 qiúyéyegàonǎinai to beg for helpto go about pleading or begging for help from everyone in an abject manner; literally 'to beg grandpa and grandma'
- 舅奶奶 jiùnǎinai great-auntThe wife of one's paternal grandmother's brother or maternal grandmother's brother (maternal great-uncle)
- 奶奶灰 nǎinaihuī granny graya hair color resembling the natural silver or gray hair of an elderly woman; granny gray
- 奶奶的 nǎinaide damn it(slang) interjection used to express anger, frustration, or annoyance; damn it; blast it
- 小奶奶 xiǎonǎinai concubine(colloquial) a concubine or secondary wife
- 亲奶奶 qīnnǎinai biological paternal grandmotherOne's actual biological grandmother on the father's side, as opposed to a step-grandmother or an honorary grandmother