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 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather 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 老子 lǎo zi father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law 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 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 养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father / adoptive father syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 国父 國父 guó fù father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father 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 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 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 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 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 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 岳丈 yuè zhàng father-in-law (wife's father) syn 圣父 聖父 shèng fù Holy Father / God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 婶母 嬸母 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 父亲 父親 fù qīn father / also pr. [fu4 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) syn 圣诞老人 聖誕老人 shèng dàn lǎo rén Father Christmas / Santa Claus 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] 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 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 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 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 生父 shēng fù biological father syn 富兰克林 富蘭克林 fù lán kè lín Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author 父女 fù nǚ father and daughter 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 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife 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 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 弑父 弒父 shì fù patricide / to kill one's own father 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 