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"(polite) father's sisters" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters
Chinese Pinyin Translation
家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father
圣道明玛利诺女修会 聖道明瑪利諾女修會 Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Maryknoll Sisters
玛利诺女修会 瑪利諾女修會 Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Maryknoll Sisters
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather 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
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) 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
家父 jiā fù (polite) my father
阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
家严 家嚴 jiā yán (polite) my father
家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
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
老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn
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
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
曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother 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
翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law
老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) syn
外舅 wài jiù (literary) father-in-law / wife's father
姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn
姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn
兄弟姐妹 xiōng dì jiě mèi brothers and sisters / siblings
结拜 結拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers) syn
姐妹俩 姐妹倆 jiě mèi liǎ The Sisters (short story)
姐妹花 jiě mèi huā beautiful sisters
小阿姨 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
妯娌 zhóu li wives of brothers / sisters-in-law
连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) syn
娅 婭 yà (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names) syn
三阿姨 sān ā yí auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
二阿姨 èr ā yí auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
夏洛特·勃良特 XiaLuoteBoliangte Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱
大阿姨 dà ā yí auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
娣姒 dì sì sisters-in-law (old) / various concubines of a husband (old)
那幕尔圣母修女会 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
美洲慈善修女会 美洲慈善修女會 Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
圣母学校修女会 聖母學校修女會 School Sisters of Notre Dame
圣母进殿派修女国际协会 聖母進殿派修女國際協會 International Presentation Association of the Sisters of the Presentation / International Presentation Association
夏洛特・勃良特 xià luò tè · bó liáng tè Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡・愛|简・爱[Jian3 Ai4]
夏洛特·勃良特 xià luò tè · bó liáng tè Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱[Jian3 · Ai4]
孪生姐妹 孿生姐妹 luán shēng jiě mèi twin sisters
大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn
您好 nín hǎo hello (polite)
客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn
老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy / politeness / manners / courteous / polite syn
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me syn
斯文 sī wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn
托福 tuō fú (old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries) syn
和气 和氣 hé qi friendly / polite / amiable syn
老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn
大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn
有礼貌 有禮貌 yǒu lǐ mào courteous / polite
难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
小可 xiǎo kě small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence
客套 kè tào polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries syn
大驾 大駕 dà jià imperial chariot / (fig.) emperor / (polite) you
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo (polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one) syn
客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc) syn
嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn
礼遇 禮遇 lǐ yù courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception syn
套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
谦恭 謙恭 qiān gōng polite and modest syn
拜读 拜讀 bài dú (polite) to read (sth)
费神 費神 fèi shén to spend effort / to take trouble / May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request) / Please would you mind...? syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
此致 cǐ zhì (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
多礼 多禮 duō lǐ too polite / overcourteous syn
客套话 客套話 kè tào huà conventional greeting / polite formula syn
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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