小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 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 姨妹 yí mèi wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt syn 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) syn 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 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 姨姐 yí jiě wife's elder sister / sister-in-law 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 阿妹 ā mèi younger sister syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 妹 mèi younger sister syn 幼妹 yòu mèi younger sister 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 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 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 襟兄 jīn xiōng husband of wife's older sister 外甥女婿 wài sheng nǚ xù sister's daughter's husband 姊丈 zǐ zhàng older sister's husband 姑爹 gū diē husband of father's sister / uncle 姐丈 jiě zhàng older sister's husband / brother-in-law 姑子 gū zi husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun syn 外甥女婿 wài sheng nǚ xu sister's daughter's husband 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother 堂妹夫 táng mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via male line 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 孙女婿 孫女婿 sūn nǚ xù son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband syn 孙女婿 孫女婿 sūn nǚ xu son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xù brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xu brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 公婆 gōng - pó husband's parents / parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple / husband and wife syn 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt 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 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 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 姐 jiě older sister syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn 姨 yí mother's sister / aunt syn 甥 shēng (bound form) sister's son / nephew syn 娲 媧 wā surname Wa / sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1] 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi father's sister's daughters / maternal female cousin 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 甥女 shēng nǚ sister's daughter / niece syn 外甥媳妇 外甥媳婦 wài sheng xí fù sister's son's wife 嬃 xū elder sister 姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao mother's mother's sister / great-aunt 姨甥男女 yí sheng nán nǚ wife's sister's children 长姊 長姊 zhǎng zǐ older sister 祖姑母 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt 姉 jiě Japanese variant of 姐 / older sister 姑姥姥 gū lǎo lao mother's father's sister (coll.) / great aunt 姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.) / great aunt 家姊 jiā zǐ my sister 护士培训教师 護士培訓教師 sister tutor 同母异父 同母異父 tóng mǔ yì fù (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers / half (brother or sister) 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) 媭 嬃 xū (dialect) elder sister (old) 