表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 林黛玉 lín dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表亲 表親 biǎo qīn cousin (via female line) 表侄 表姪 biǎo zhí son of a male cousin via female line syn 表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi father's sister's daughters / maternal female cousin 堂妹 táng mèi younger female patrilineal cousin 堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin 表侄女 表姪女 biǎo zhí nǚ daughter of a male cousin via female line syn 堂妹夫 táng mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via male line 堂姐夫 tǎng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line 表弟媳 biǎo dì xí wife of younger male cousin via female line 堂姊 táng zǐ older female patrilineal cousin 堂姐夫 táng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 女选手 女選手 nǚ xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 宅女 zhái nǚ female geek / female nerd / otaku girl 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister 女大 nǚ dà (slang) female university student / female college student 女宾 女賓 nǚ bīn female guest / female visitor 女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather 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 王母 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 贾宝玉 賈寶玉 jiǎ bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 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 祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents 堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin 阿难 阿難 ē nán Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple 堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn 从 從 zòng second cousin 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 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal 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 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 父系 fù xì paternal line / patrilineal 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 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 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 先大母 xiān dà mǔ my late paternal grandmother 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin 阿难陀 阿難陀 ē nán tuó Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple 陪产假 陪產假 paternal leave 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather 堂嫂 táng sǎo wife of older male cousin via male line 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line 从兄 從兄 cóng xiōng older male second cousin 从父 從父 cóng fù paternal uncle 嫡堂 dí táng having the same paternal grandfather but different father syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 女歌手 nǚ gē shǒu female singer 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 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) 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended 空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 