小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister 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 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-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 小姑子 xiǎo gū zi (coll.) husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 姨姐 yí jiě wife's elder sister / sister-in-law 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister 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 襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law 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 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 阿妹 ā mèi younger sister syn 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 妹 mèi younger sister syn 幼妹 yòu mèi younger sister 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 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 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 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 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 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 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother syn 婶母 嬸母 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 娣 dì wife of a younger brother syn 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line 表弟媳 biǎo dì xí wife of younger male cousin via female line 叔娘 shū niáng (dialect) wife of father's younger brother / aunt 婶娘 嬸娘 shěn niáng wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 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 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / 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) 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 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 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 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle 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) 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姐 jiě older sister syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn 姨 yí mother's sister / aunt syn 甥 shēng (bound form) sister's son / nephew syn 娲 媧 wā surname Wa / sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1] 