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 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 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 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother 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 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 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 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) 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 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 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male 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 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) 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 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father 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 套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn 老大娘 lǎo dà niáng old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:位[wei4] syn 斧正 fǔ zhèng (polite) please amend my writing syn 外子 wài zǐ (polite) my husband 敢 gǎn to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture syn 家严 家嚴 jiā yán (polite) my father 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 驾 駕 jià to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2]) syn 拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn 敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn 感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor syn 久闻大名 久聞大名 jiǔ wén dà míng your name has been known to me for a long time (polite) 和和气气 和和氣氣 hé hé qì qì polite and amiable syn 唱喏 chàng rě (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) syn 奉申贺敬 奉申賀敬 fèng shēn hè jìng polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card) 套语 套語 tào yǔ polite set phrases syn 探口气 探口氣 tàn kǒu qì to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] syn 探口风 探口風 tàn kǒu fēng to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning 㧑挹 撝挹 huī yì to be extremely modest and polite 教安 jiào ān teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher) 敬词 敬詞 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression 敬辞 敬辭 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression syn 老伯伯 lǎo bó bo grandpa (polite form of address for old man) 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty 来示 來示 lái shì (polite) your letter 家兄 jiā xiōng (polite) my elder brother syn 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister 家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters 家嫂 jiā sǎo (polite) my sister-in-law 家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather 家舅 jiā jiù (polite) my maternal uncle 寒喧语 寒喧語 hán xuān yǔ polite set phrase / salutation / pleasantries 