"paternal uncle" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
从父從父	cóng fù	paternal uncle

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
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
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
姑娘	gū niang	girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
叔叔	shū shu	father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
奶奶	nǎi nai	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts	syn
爷爷爺爺	yé ye	(coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa	syn
祖母	zǔ mǔ	father's mother / paternal grandmother	syn
祖父	zǔ fù	father's father / paternal grandfather	syn
大大	dà dà	greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle	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
姑妈姑媽	gū mā	(coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt	syn
舅舅	jiù jiu	mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
姑姑	gū gu	paternal aunt / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
大爷大爺	dà ye	(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man	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
曾祖父	zēng zǔ fù	father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather	syn
祖父母	zǔ fù mǔ	paternal grandparents
老爷爷老爺爺	lǎo yé ye	(coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather	syn
父爱父愛	fù ài	paternal love
叔父	shū fù	father's younger brother / uncle	syn
堂兄弟	táng xiōng dì	father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
伯伯	bó bo	father's elder brother / uncle	syn
舅妈舅媽	jiù mā	(coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife	syn
姨父	yí fu	husband of mother's sister / uncle	syn
老伯	lǎo bó	uncle (polite form of address for older male)	syn
姑父	gū fu	father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle	syn
阿爹	ā diē	dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man	syn
舅父	jiù fù	mother's brother / maternal uncle	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
姑爷姑爺	gū ye	son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)	syn
曾祖	zēng zǔ	great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)	syn
老大爷老大爺	lǎo dà yé	uncle / grandpa / CL:位[wei4]	syn
姑母	gū mǔ	father's sister / paternal aunt	syn
舅母	jiù mǔ	wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife	syn
父系	fù xì	paternal line / patrilineal
叔公	shū gōng	great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother	syn
阿妈阿媽	ā mā	grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father	syn
王母	wáng mǔ	(literary) paternal grandmother
世伯	shì bó	uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend
从子從子	cóng zǐ	paternal uncle's son / nephew
姑丈	gū zhàng	husband of paternal aunt	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
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
姑	gū	paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary)	syn
叔	shū	uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]	syn
曾祖母	zēng zǔ mǔ	father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother	syn
舅	jiù	maternal uncle	syn
姑夫	gū fu	father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle	syn
堂姊妹	táng zǐ mèi	father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin
叔祖母	shū zǔ mǔ	wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother	syn
先大母	xiān dà mǔ	my late paternal grandmother
陪产假陪產假		paternal leave
家祖	jiā zǔ	(polite) my paternal grandfather
嫡堂	dí táng	having the same paternal grandfather but different father	syn
伯叔祖父	bó shū zǔ fù	father's father's brother / great uncle
妗子	jìn zi	(informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife	syn
叔丈人	shū zhàng rén	wife's uncle
叔岳	shū yuè	wife's uncle
姑爹	gū diē	husband of father's sister / uncle
季父	jì fù	uncle (father's youngest brother)	syn
怪叔叔	guài shū shu	queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
黑奴吁天录黑奴籲天錄	hēi nú yù tiān lù	Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓\|林纾
张成泽張成澤	zhāng chéng zé	Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
张诚泽張誠澤	zhāng chéng zé	Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and regent of Kim Jongeun 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
伯叔	bó shū	father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law)
家叔	jiā shū	(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
家舅	jiā jiù	(polite) my maternal uncle
舅爷舅爺	jiù yé	father's maternal uncle / granduncle
伯爷伯爺	bó yé	(dialect) father's older brother / uncle

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"paternal uncle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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