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 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 令慈 lìng cí Your esteemed mother (honorific) 尊堂 zūn táng (honorific) your mother 统称 統稱 tǒng chēng to be collectively called / collective term / general designation 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 指称 指稱 zhǐ chēng designation / reference / to refer to 刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn 檀越 tán yuè (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) 关于指定亲善大使与和平使者的准则 Guidelines for the Designation of Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace 群岛海道的采纳、指定和替换规定 群島海道的采納、指定和替換規定 General Provisions for Adoption, Designation and Substitution of Archipelagic Sea Lanes 雷场名称 雷場名稱 minefield designation 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother 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 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter / mother-daughter 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother / adoptive mother 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 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother 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) 丈母 zhàng mǔ wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao mother's mother's sister / great-aunt 泰水 tài shuǐ (literary) mother-in-law / wife's mother 苏丹解放运动母亲派 蘇丹解放運動母親派 Sudan Liberation Movement-Mother / SLM-Mother 亲妈 親媽 qīn mā one's own mother / biological mother 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 殿下 diàn xià Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness syn 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 夫君 fū jūn (honorific) husband syn 仁兄 rén xiōng (honorific written address) My dear friend syn 天尊 tiān zūn (honorific appellation of a deity) 赐教 賜教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom / to enlighten syn 麾下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) syn 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! syn 高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific) syn 贵校 貴校 guì xiào (honorific) your school 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help syn 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany / to keep sb company syn 尊称 尊稱 zūn chēng to address sb deferentially / title / honorific syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 奉送 fèng sòng (honorific) to give syn 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 宽衣 寬衣 kuān yī please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment syn 奉告 fèng gào (honorific) to inform syn 驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence syn 高论 高論 gāo lùn enlightening remarks (honorific) / brilliant views 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 借问 借問 jiè wèn (honorific) May I ask? syn 奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific) syn 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 仁波切 rén bō qiè Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific) 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil syn 尊号 尊號 zūn hào honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc 敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) 贵府 貴府 guì fǔ your home (honorific) 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 奉迎 fèng yíng (honorific) to greet / to fawn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 贵庚 貴庚 guì gēng your age (honorific) 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 惠 huì (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4]) syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn 钧 鈞 jūn 30 catties / great / your (honorific) syn 阃 閫 kǔn threshold / inner appartments / woman / wife (honorific) syn 紫芝眉宇 zǐ zhī méi yǔ your appearance (honorific) 久慕 jiǔ mù lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific). / I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. 仁弟 rén dì (honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend syn 仙乡 仙鄉 xiān xiāng fairyland / honorific: your homeland 令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific) 令尊令堂 lìng zūn lìng táng (honorific) your parents 令正 lìng zhèng (honorific) your wife 令亲 令親 lìng qīn Your esteemed parent (honorific) 令阃 令閫 lìng kǔn your wife (honorific) 光禄大夫 光祿大夫 guāng lù dài fu honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master" 喜寿 喜壽 xǐ shòu 77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term) 奉赠 奉贈 fèng zèng (honorific) to present / to give as a present 女公子 nǚ gōng zǐ noble lady / (honorific) your daughter syn 尊公 zūn gōng (honorific) your father 尊君 zūn jūn (honorific) your father 尊命 zūn mìng your order (honorific) 尊意 zūn yì (honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty? 