曾ひい

prefix

great- (kinship prefix)

Prefix attached to kinship terms to indicate a generation two steps removed, e.g., 曾祖父 (great-grandfather), 曾孫 (great-grandchild). The reading ひい is the most common; ひ is a shortened form used in some compounds, and そう is a Sino-Japanese reading used in formal or written contexts.

• 曾祖父ひいそふは明めい治じ時じ代だいに生うまれました。

  My great-grandfather was born in the Meiji period.

• 彼かの女じょは曾孫ひいまごに会あうのを楽たのしみにしている。

  She is looking forward to meeting her great-grandchild.