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 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 姨妹 yí mèi wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 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 嬃 xū elder sister 媭 嬃 xū (dialect) elder sister (old) 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law 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 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 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 小姑子 xiǎo gū zi (coll.) husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) 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 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife syn 世母 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old) 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister 襟兄 jīn xiōng husband of wife's older sister 外甥媳妇 外甥媳婦 wài sheng xí fù sister's son's wife 姨甥男女 yí sheng nán nǚ wife's sister's children 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 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's 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 孙媳夫 孫媳夫 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fu brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 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 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fù brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fù son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 族长 族長 zú zhǎng clan elder 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 哥 gē elder brother syn 兄 xiōng elder brother syn 昆 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry syn 芨 jí Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous) / Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草 晜 kūn descendant / elder brother 夏敬渠 xià jìng qú Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder 接骨木 jiē gǔ mù elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus) 羊角芹 yáng jiǎo qín ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria) 见背 見背 jiàn bēi (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away 道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). 野叟曝言 yě sǒu pù yán Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2] 阿兄 ā xiōng elder brother 防止虐待老年人世界日 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 防止虐待老年人国际网络 防止虐待老年人國際網絡 International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse 大伯子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother 家兄 jiā xiōng (polite) my elder brother syn 伯邑考 bó yì kǎo Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝[Zhou1 chao2] of ancient China 见背 見背 jiàn bèi (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away 适老化 適老化 shì lǎo huà to make (products, living spaces etc) suitable for the elderly / (attributive) senior-friendly / elder-accessible 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn 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) 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 阿妹 ā mèi younger sister 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 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 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 