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 圣经 聖經 shèng jīng the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn 神圣 神聖 shén shèng divine / hallow / holy / sacred syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather 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 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 圣灵 聖靈 shèng líng Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 圣洁 聖潔 shèng jié pure and holy 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 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 圣水 聖水 shèng shuǐ holy water 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 教廷 jiào tíng the Papacy / the Vatican / the Holy See 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 三位一体 三位一體 sān wèi yī tǐ Holy Trinity / trinity 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 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 圣战 聖戰 shèng zhàn Holy war / jihad 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 圣像 聖像 shèng xiàng (old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc) 圣婴 聖嬰 shèng yīng El Niño (meteorology) / Holy Infant (Christianity) 陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 圣者 聖者 shèng zhě holy one / saint 巡礼 巡禮 xún lǐ to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour syn 哇靠 wā kào (Tw) whoa! / holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") 圣杯 聖杯 shèng bēi Holy Grail 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 纳杰夫 納傑夫 nà jié fū Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city) 圣贤书 聖賢書 shèng xián shū holy book 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 圣餐 聖餐 shèng cān Holy Communion / Eucharist 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 圣城 聖城 shèng chéng Holy City 圣礼 聖禮 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn 佛牙 fó yá Buddha's tooth (a holy relic) 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 父亲 父親 fù qīn father / also pr. [fu4 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) syn 圣诞老人 聖誕老人 shèng dàn lǎo rén Father Christmas / Santa Claus 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 生父 shēng fù biological father syn 富兰克林 富蘭克林 fù lán kè lín Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author 父女 fù nǚ father and daughter 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) 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 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 弑父 弒父 shì fù patricide / to kill one's own father 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 阿爸 ā bà (dialect) father syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 元勋 元勳 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography 