- 外祖母 wàizǔmǔ maternal grandmothermother's mother; maternal grandmother
- 曾祖母 zēngzǔmǔ great-grandmotherfather's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
- 祖母绿 zǔmǔlǜ emerald
- 叔祖母 shūzǔmǔ great-auntwife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
- 高祖母 gāozǔmǔ great-great-grandmother
- 曾外祖母 zēngwàizǔmǔ great-grandmothergreat-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
- 伯叔祖母 bóshūzǔmǔ great-auntwife of father's father's brother