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 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother 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 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 伯叔 bó shū father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law) 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother 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 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 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 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 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 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 弟弟 dì di younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle 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 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 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 幼弟 yòu dì younger brother 叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother syn 康广仁 康廣仁 kāng guǎng rén Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 白行简 白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4] 阿弟 ā dì younger brother syn 家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother) 家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother 仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius) 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom) / they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 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 姨妹 yí mèi wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister 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 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 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 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) 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 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 妗 jìn wife of mother's brother syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 伯叔祖母 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt 内兄 內兄 nèi xiōng wife's older brother syn 世母 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old) 伯娘 bó niáng wife of father's older brother / aunt 伯妈 伯媽 bó mā (dialect) wife of father's older brother / aunt 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 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 孙媳夫 孫媳夫 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife 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 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fù son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 学妹 學妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate 