From addressing your elders with respect to discussing relationships within your family, Chinese family words play a vital role in daily conversations. Navigate the complex paths of familial connections in the Chinese language with the 51 terms below. Download:This blog post is available as a conven...
外婆wài pógrandmother (mother's side)2. Your Own Family 01. Wife and Husband When you have your own family, these are the terms to address your partner:妻子qī zǐwife 丈夫zhàng fuhusband NOTEIn informal settings, you can use 老婆 (lǎo pó) for "wife" and 老公 (lǎo gōng) for...
When I married into a Chinese family, nobody ever warned me about the complicated “Chinese relatives name game” I would need to navigate – a world of completely novel terms for family members that have no exact equivalents in my native language of English. ...
When I married into a Chinese family, nobody ever warned me about the complicated “Chinese relatives name game” I would need to navigate – a world of completely novel terms for family members that have no exact equivalents in my native language of English. ...
While the commentaries are the best portion of the book, they are not without error, for example, when Mr. Jamieson discusses the terms p'in ts'ai and ts'ai li, (p. 33, n. 1), he insists "it is exactly tantamount to the purchase money in a contract of sale." He is of ...
aCompared with Chinese, terms of address in English are much simple. For those who have relative relationship, as long as they are familiar with each other, the juniors can call the elders by their names directly 比较汉语,地址的期限用英语是简单的。 有相对关系的那些人,只要他们熟悉彼此,小辈能...
Whereas in American culture terms are broader, such as uncle, aunt or grandfather, Chinese culture gives names that are more specific. For instance, a person’s father’s older brother is called “bo fu,” whereas the younger brother is “shu fu.” Each position within a family carries a...
Jingjing:Be generous. But, in terms of etiquette, it's more likely ordinary things, if you've neglected them, thatput people off. 京晶:慷慨大方就行。但是,就礼仪而言,更多的是一些平常的细节,如果你忽视了这些,就会让人反感。 Mark:Like what...
A survey of 1,340 respondents jointly conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily and wenjuan.com showed that in 2024, the top three aspects in terms of respondents' satisfaction were physical health, work and career, and family relationships, in that order. On a scale of 0...
Family relations can reach out over several generations and through many extensions. English terms for family members only consider two factors: generation and gender. While in English, there is only one way to say "aunt," for example, there are multiple ways to say "aunt" in Chinese dependin...