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 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 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 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 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 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 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle 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 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 