外公 Simplified/traditional word 外公 English definition wài gōng (coll.) mother's father maternal grandfather HSK level HSK 5 Characters 外 (wài): outside; in addition; foreign; external; 公 (gōng): public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal);