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) 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi father's sister's daughters / maternal female cousin 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 伯叔祖父 bó shū zǔ fù father's father's brother / great uncle 伯叔祖母 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather 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 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 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 子女 zǐ nǚ children / sons and daughters syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 尼厄丽德 尼厄麗德 ní è lì dé Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris) / Nereid, moon of Neptune 赔钱货 賠錢貨 péi qián huò unprofitable goods / item that can only be sold at a loss / daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married) 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / 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 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt 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 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 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 隋炀帝 隋煬帝 suí yáng dì Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 季父 jì fù uncle (father's youngest brother) syn 同父异母 同父異母 tóng fù yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers / half (brother or sister) 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 世母 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old) 仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius) 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 伯爷 伯爺 bó yé (dialect) father's older brother / uncle 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 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) 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 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law 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 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 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father 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 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 祖姑母 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt 亚父 亞父 yà fù (term of respect) second only to father / like a father (to me) 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 阿爸父 ā bà fù Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel 亲爸 親爸 qīn bà one's own father / biological father 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) syn 外舅 wài jiù (literary) father-in-law / wife's father 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 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) 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) 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) 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 侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter / niece syn 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy little brother syn 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 