叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 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 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 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 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) 太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father syn 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 叔伯 shū bai (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 曾外祖父 zēng wài zǔ fù great-grandfather (mother's grandfather) 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 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / 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 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 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt 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 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 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 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother 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 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife 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 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother 仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius) 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) syn 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 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 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) 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 爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn 老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) syn 从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 曾 zēng great- (grandfather, grandchild etc) syn 高祖父 gāo zǔ fù great-great-grandfather 阿巴 ā bā Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 祖父条款 祖父條款 zǔ fù tiáo kuǎn grandfather clause 外爷 外爺 wài ye (dialect) maternal grandfather 家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather 嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 学妹 學妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 阿妹 ā mèi younger sister syn 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 器重 qì zhòng to regard sth as valuable / to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) syn 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 