五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 孙媳夫 孫媳夫 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fù son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 伯叔 bó shū father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law) 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 妗子 jìn zi (informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife syn 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) 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 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 嫡子 dí zǐ son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3]) 支子 zhī zǐ son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom) / they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them 叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother 侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn 侄 姪 zhí brother's son / nephew syn 李建成 lǐ jiàn chéng Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变 / Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy 犹子 猶子 yóu zǐ (old) brother's son or daughter / nephew 伯邑考 bó yì kǎo Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝[Zhou1 chao2] of ancient China 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) 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 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother 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 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 娣 dì wife of 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) 伯叔祖母 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt 内兄 內兄 nèi xiōng wife's older brother syn 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 世母 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old) 伯娘 bó niáng wife of father's older brother / aunt 伯妈 伯媽 bó mā (dialect) wife of father's older brother / aunt 叔娘 shū niáng (dialect) wife of father's younger brother / aunt 婶娘 嬸娘 shěn niáng wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn 长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son 养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn 幼子 yòu zǐ youngest son / very young son 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 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) 封妻荫子 封妻蔭子 fēng qī yìn zǐ to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles syn 外甥媳妇 外甥媳婦 wài sheng xí fù sister's son's wife 赘婿 贅婿 zhuì xù son-in-law living at wife's parent's house syn 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn 鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife 鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife 妻小 qī xiǎo wife and children / (old) wife 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 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 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 二哥 èr gē second brother 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 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 