叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother 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) 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt 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 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 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 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 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) 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 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 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 弟弟 dì di younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister 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 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn 弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 娣 dì wife of a younger brother syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 幼弟 yòu dì younger brother 叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother syn 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 康广仁 康廣仁 kāng guǎng rén Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 白行简 白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4] 阿弟 ā dì younger brother syn 家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) 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 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) 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 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin 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 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch 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) 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 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 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) 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 伯爷 伯爺 bó yé (dialect) father's older brother / uncle 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 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 