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 妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama / mommy / mother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 母亲 母親 mǔ qīn mother / also pr. [mu3 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy 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 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter / niece syn 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4] syn 大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter / mother-daughter 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 母亲节 母親節 mǔ qīn jié Mother's Day 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law 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 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 马利亚 馬利亞 mǎ lì yà Maria (name) / Mary, mother of Jesus Christ 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 助产 助產 zhù chǎn to help a mother give birth 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother / adoptive mother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 母猪 母豬 mǔ zhū sow / mother pig 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 阿婆 ā pó granny / mother-in-law syn 慈母 cí mǔ warm, caring mother syn 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 长兄 長兄 zhǎng xiōng eldest brother syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch 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 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 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 母机 母機 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother 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 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 老妈 老媽 lǎo mā mother / mom 二哥 èr gē second brother 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 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy little brother syn 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother 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 西王母 xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘 syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 代孕 dài yùn to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy 