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 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 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 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 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle 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 季父 jì fù uncle (father's youngest brother) syn 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 伯爷 伯爺 bó yé (dialect) father's older brother / uncle 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 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 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 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle 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 张成泽 張成澤 zhāng chéng zé Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed 张诚泽 張誠澤 zhāng chéng zé Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and regent of Kim Jongeun 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1] 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姑爹 gū diē husband of father's sister / uncle 舅爷 舅爺 jiù yé father's maternal uncle / granduncle 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 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 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 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 堂姊妹 táng zǐ mèi father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin 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 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) 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 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 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 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 老大爷 老大爺 lǎo dà yé uncle / grandpa / CL:位[wei4] syn 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 舅 jiù maternal uncle syn 叔丈人 shū zhàng rén wife's uncle 叔岳 shū yuè wife's uncle 怪叔叔 guài shū shu queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang) 黑奴吁天录 黑奴籲天錄 hēi nú yù tiān lù Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾 家舅 jiā jiù (polite) my maternal uncle 从父 從父 cóng fù paternal uncle 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 