姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋 lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) 姑姥姥 gū lǎo lao mother's father's sister (coll.) / great aunt 姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.) / great aunt 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter / mother-daughter 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother / adoptive mother syn 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 丈母 zhàng mǔ wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao mother's mother's sister / great-aunt 泰水 tài shuǐ (literary) mother-in-law / wife's mother 苏丹解放运动母亲派 蘇丹解放運動母親派 Sudan Liberation Movement-Mother / SLM-Mother 亲妈 親媽 qīn mā one's own mother / biological mother 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 俄底浦斯 é dǐ pǔ sī Oedipus, legendary king of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother 严慈 嚴慈 yán cí strict and compassionate / strict as a father and tender as a mother 娭 āi see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady 娭姐 āi jiě father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady 怙恃 hù shì to rely on / father and mother (classical) 老佛爷 老佛爺 lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 翁姑 wēng gū husband's father and mother 三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father syn 国父 國父 guó fù father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 伯叔祖父 bó shū zǔ fù father's father's brother / great uncle 伯叔祖母 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt 祖姑母 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt 亚父 亞父 yà fù (term of respect) second only to father / like a father (to me) 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 阿爸父 ā bà fù Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel 亲爸 親爸 qīn bà one's own father / biological father 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 外舅 wài jiù (literary) father-in-law / wife's father 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 娘俩 娘倆 niáng liǎ (coll.) mother and her child 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 小妈 小媽 xiǎo mā father's concubine / (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother) 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 