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 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner / fellow / mate / waiter / servant / shop assistant syn 哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 搭档 搭檔 dā dàng to cooperate / partner syn 伙伴 huǒ bàn partner / companion / comrade syn 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 合伙人 hé huǒ rén partner / associate syn 伴侣 伴侶 bàn lǚ companion / mate / partner syn 舞伴 wǔ bàn dancing partner 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner 同谋 同謀 tóng móu to conspire with sb / to plot / a conspirator / a partner in crime / an accomplice 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other 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 堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 伴舞 bàn wǔ to be a dancing partner to sb / to perform as a backup dancer / taxi dancer (hired dancing partner) / escort 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 陪练 陪練 péi liàn training partner / sparring partner 慈祥 cí xiáng kindly / benevolent (often of older person) syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 老妈子 老媽子 lǎo mā zi older female servant / amah syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 征婚 徵婚 zhēng hūn to look for a partner 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 合作伙伴 hé zuò huǒ bàn cooperative partner 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] 拍档 拍檔 pāi dàng partner 性伴侣 性伴侶 xìng bàn lǚ sex partner 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 战略伙伴 戰略伙伴 zhàn lüè huǒ bàn strategic partner 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 长幼 長幼 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority 性伙伴 xìng huǒ bàn sexual partner 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) 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 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 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 伴 bàn partner / companion / comrade / associate / to accompany syn 姐 jiě older sister syn 伙 夥 huǒ companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together syn 姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn 堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 搭伙 dā huǒ to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 姘夫 pīn fū lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn 基友 jī yǒu (slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner 欧巴桑 歐巴桑 ōu ba sāng older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword) 合作方 hé zuò fāng (business) partner syn 假途灭虢 假途滅虢 jiǎ tú miè guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom) / fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner 孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends 秘密同伙 mì mì tòng huǒ secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner 对家 對家 duì jiā partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner 痴长 痴長 chī zhǎng to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by 姜还是老的辣 薑還是老的辣 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser 小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older 小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older) 傍家儿 傍家兒 bàng jiā r lover / partner 