Lesson 6: Addressing One's Relatives

44 words

Word	Pinyin	Definition
伯伯	bó bo	father's elder brother
伯母	bó mǔ	wife of father's elder brother
叔叔	shū shu	father's younger brother
堂哥	táng gē	older male patrilineal cousin
堂妹	táng mèi	younger female patrilineal cousin
堂妹夫	táng mèi fu	husband of younger female cousin via male line
堂姐	táng jiě	older female patrilineal cousin
堂姐夫	tǎng jiě fu	husband of older female cousin via male line
堂嫂	táng sǎo	wife of older male cousin via male line
堂弟	táng dì	younger male patrilineal cousin
堂弟妹	táng dì mèi	wife of younger male cousin via male line
外公	wài gōng	(coll.) mother's father
外婆	wài pó	(coll.) mother's mother
外甥	wài shēng	sister's son
外甥女	wài sheng nǚ	sister's daughter
外祖母	wài zǔ mǔ	mother's mother
外祖父	wài zǔ fù	maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
奶奶	nǎi nai	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
姑丈	gū zhàng	husband of paternal aunt
姑姑	gū gu	paternal aunt
姑妈	gū mā	(coll.) father's married sister
姑父	gū fu	father's sister's husband
姥姥	lǎo lao	(coll.) mother's mother
姨丈	yí zhàng	mother's sister's husband
姨妈	yí mā	(coll.) mother's sister
姨父	yí fu	husband of mother's sister
侄女	zhí nǚ	niece
侄子	zhí zi	brother's son
婶婶	shěn shen	wife of father's younger brother
爷爷	yé ye	(coll.) father's father
祖母	zǔ mǔ	father's mother
祖父	zǔ fù	father's father
老爷	lǎo ye	(respectful) lord
舅妈	jiù mā	(coll.) aunt
舅舅	jiù jiu	mother's brother
表哥	biǎo gē	older male cousin via female line
表妹	biǎo mèi	younger female cousin via female line
表妹夫	biǎo mèi fu	husband of younger female cousin via female line
表姐	biǎo jiě	older female cousin via female line
表姐夫	biǎo jiě fu	husband of older female cousin via female line
表嫂	biǎo sǎo	wife of older male cousin via female line
表弟	biǎo dì	younger male cousin via female line
表弟妹	biǎo dì mèi	wife of younger male cousin via female line
阿姨	ā yí	maternal aunt