代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 痴长 痴長 chī zhǎng to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by 姜还是老的辣 薑還是老的辣 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser 小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older 小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older) 年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives 上了年纪 上了年紀 shàng le nián jì to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc 祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn 世代相传 世代相傳 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 新新人类 新新人類 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc) 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 千禧一代 qiān xǐ yī dài Generation Y / Millennial Generation 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn 慈祥 cí xiáng kindly / benevolent (often of older person) syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 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 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 长幼 長幼 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority 老妈子 老媽子 lǎo mā zi older female servant / amah syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) 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) 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 姐 jiě older sister syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends 襟兄 jīn xiōng husband of wife's older sister 内兄 內兄 nèi xiōng wife's older brother syn 长姊 長姊 zhǎng zǐ older sister 姊丈 zǐ zhàng older sister's husband 令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific) 四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin 堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn 姉 jiě Japanese variant of 姐 / older sister 娭 āi see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady 娭姐 āi jiě father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady 年兄 nián xiōng lit. older brother / fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations 援助交际 援助交際 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors 欧吉桑 歐吉桑 ōu jí sāng older man / man of mature years (Japanese loanword) 欧巴桑 歐巴桑 ōu ba sāng older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword) 砚兄砚弟 硯兄硯弟 yàn xiōng yàn dì lit. older scholar and younger scholar / close friends (idiom) 老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman 世界老年人生活安排 Living Arrangements of Older Persons around the World 老年男性 lǎo nián nán xìng older men 大龄青年 dà líng qīng nián young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried 筹备国际老年人年欧洲专家会议 Conference of European Experts Preparing for the International Year of Older Persons 国际老年人日 國際老年人日 guó jì lǎo nián rén rì International Day of Older Persons 关于老有所能成功做法的国家间交流方桉 關於老有所能成功做法的國家間交流方案 Intercountry exchange programme on successful practices in empowering older persons 国际老年人年 國際老年人年 International Year of Older Persons 