Word · Frequency #16619
grandkid
（外）孙；（外）孙女
a child of one's son or daughter; a grandchild
(外)孙；(外)孙女
In use
My grandkid loves chocolate ice cream.
We picked up our grandkids from school.
Every weekend, I play chess with my grandkid.
someone's grandkid(s)
用形容词性物主代词（my, your, his, her, our, their）直接修饰 grandkid，表示某人的孙辈。
Our grandkid is spending the weekend with us.
我们的孙辈这周末和我们一起过。
have + numeral + grandkids
have 后面可加数量词，说明孙辈的人数；用复数 grandkids 泛指孙辈。
They have three grandkids.
他们有三个孙辈。
one of + someone's + grandkids
one of 结构强调在多个孙辈中的某一个，动词用单数。
One of her grandkids lives abroad.
她的一个孙辈住在国外。
Common mistakes
I have two grandkid.I have two grandkids.
grandkid是可数名词，汉语名词没有复数变化，但英语中two、three等数词后必须用复数形式grandkids，所以要在词尾加-s。
I have grandkid.I have a grandkid.
grandkid是可数名词单数，前面需要有冠词a/an；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。加上a后句子才符合英语语法。
Connections
Collocations
- my grandkids
- 我的孙辈们
- My grandkids come to visit every summer.我的孙辈们每年夏天都来看我。
- raise one's grandkids
- 养育孙辈
- She is raising her grandkids after their parents moved abroad.父母移居国外后，她正在养育孙辈。
- look after the grandkids
- 照看孙辈
- We often look after the grandkids on weekends.我们周末经常照看孙辈。
- spoil the grandkids
- 宠爱孙辈
- Grandparents love to spoil the grandkids with treats.祖父母喜欢用零食宠爱孙辈。
- the grandkids are growing up
- 孙辈们正在长大
- I can't believe how fast the grandkids are growing up.我真不敢相信孙辈们长得这么快。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
grandkid = grand（祖辈）+ kid（孩子），记作“孙辈的孩子”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：和家人聊天、朋友间闲聊、非正式社交媒体帖子 grandkid 是口语化的说法，通常用于非正式场合，比如和家人、朋友聊天或在社交媒体上提到自己的孙辈；正式书面语中更常用 grandchild。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These six words rhyme with the final stressed syllable of grandkid (/kɪd/). Watch out: the first part 'grand' (/ɡrænd/) does not rhyme, and lookalikes like 'grandchild' (/ˈɡræntʃaɪld/) have a different ending sound.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.