爷爷 (yéye): Grandfather (father’s father)
奶奶 (nǎinai): Grandmother (father’s mother)
外公 (wàigōng): Grandfather (mother’s father)
外婆 (wàipó): Grandmother (mother’s mother)
爸爸 (bàba): Father
妈妈 (māma): Mother
伯伯 (bóbo): Uncle (father’s older brother)
叔叔 (shūshu): Uncle (father’s younger brother)
婶婶( shěnshen): Aunt (father’s sister)
舅舅 (jiùjiu): Uncle (mother’s brother)
姨妈 (yímā): Aunt (mother’s sister)
哥哥 (gēge): Older brother
嫂子 (sǎozi): Sister in law (Older brother’s wife)
姐姐 (jiějie): Older sister
姐夫 (jiěfu): Brother in law (Older sister’s husband)
弟弟 (dìdi): Younger brother
弟妹 (dìmèi): Sister in law (Younger brother’s wife)
妹妹 (mèimei): Younger sister
妹夫 (mèifu): Brother in law (Younger sister’s husband)
我 (wǒ): Me
爱人 (àirén): Spouse
儿子 (érzi): Son
女儿 (nǚ'ér): Daughter
孙子(sūnzi): Grandson (Son’s son)
孙女 (sūnnǚ): Granddaughter (Son’s daughter)
外孙 (wàisūn): Grandson (Daughter’s son)
外孙女 (wàisūnnǚ): Granddaughter (Daughter’s daughter)
This is fantastic. Could we have uncles and aunts added?
ReplyDeleteCan titles be interchanged? I've heard yeye and nainai can be used for grandparents on either side of the family
It would be great if you could update this with uncles, aunts and cousins.
ReplyDeleteI have updated it with uncles and aunts. If it is too small to read, you can click on the picture to make it bigger.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I have seen people use yeye and nainai for both grandparents as well. But using waigong and waipo would clear any doubts on which set of grandparents you are talking about.
Can I still this blog post and change all the family relationships to Nepali?
ReplyDeleteYou may definitely steal it but not sure how you will still it :)
ReplyDeleteGood job on the graph. Very clean.
ReplyDeleteThere is more complicated one without pinyin here: http://www.learn-chinese-language.com/?attachment_id=21
I was actually thinking of making my own chart with VUE for the public domain, but that one is fairly complete, with exception of 5th Gen: 高祖父, etc and 4th Gen: 曾外婆, etc
Thank you so much. Very helpful.
ReplyDeleteWhat should my 二舅的二儿子的女儿call me? I'm older than my 二舅二儿子。
ReplyDelete婶婶 isn't father's sister (姑母), but wife of father's younger brother.
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