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 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 弟弟 dì di younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter / niece syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) 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 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law 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 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife 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 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 长兄 長兄 zhǎng xiōng eldest brother syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 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 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine 长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son 二哥 èr gē second brother 关羽 關羽 guān yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy little brother syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn 周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son 王导 王導 wáng dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife syn 哥 gē elder brother syn 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 兄 xiōng elder brother syn 弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn 昆 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother syn 娣 dì wife of a younger brother syn 令弟 lìng dì honorable little brother 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xù brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 婶母 嬸母 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xu brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 妗 jìn wife of mother's brother syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 儿子 兒子 ér zi son syn 儿 兒 ér child / son syn 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn 王子 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king syn 孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 犹大 猶大 yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob) 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 浪子 làng zǐ loafer / wastrel / prodigal son syn 外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn 长子 長子 zhǎng zǐ eldest son syn 