孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fu brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fù brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 嫡子 dí zǐ son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3]) 支子 zhī zǐ son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋 lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn 鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife 妗子 jìn zi (informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife syn 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife 妻小 qī xiǎo wife and children / (old) wife syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) 封妻荫子 封妻蔭子 fēng qī yìn zǐ to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles syn 外甥媳妇 外甥媳婦 wài sheng xí fù sister's son's wife 赘婿 贅婿 zhuì xù son-in-law living at wife's parent's house syn 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn 长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son 养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master 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 幼子 yòu zǐ youngest son / very young son syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife 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 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 妻儿 妻兒 qī ér wife and child syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 招亲 招親 zhāo qīn to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice syn 师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife syn 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife 冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor 怕老婆 pà lǎo pó henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 换妻 換妻 huàn qī wife swapping 娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife syn 邓颖超 鄧穎超 dèng yǐng chāo Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 