YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY:
Your Mom - 妈妈 (māma)
Your Dad - 爸爸 (bàba)
Your Wife - 妻子 (Qīzi) or 老婆 (lǎopó)
Your Husband - 丈夫 (Zhàngfū) or 老公 (lǎogōng)
Your older brother - 哥哥 (Gēgē)
Your older sister - 姐姐 (Jiějiě)
Your younger brother - 弟弟 (Dìdì)
Your younger sister - 妹妹 (Mèimei)
Your son - 儿子 (Érzi)
Your daughter - 女儿 (Nǚ'ér)
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"GRANDMA" IN CHINESE:
Grandmother on Dad's side - 奶奶 (Nǎinai)
Grandmother on Mom's side - 外婆 (wàipó)
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"GRANDPA" IN CHINESE:
Grandfather on Dad's side - 爷爷 (Yéyé)
Grandfather on Mom's side - 外公 (wàigōng)
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"UNCLE" IN CHINESE:
Dad's older brother - 伯伯 (Bóbo)
Dad's younger brother - 叔叔 (Shūshu)
Dad's older sister's husband - 姑夫 (Gūfū)
Dad's younger sister's husband - 姑夫 (Gūfū)
Mom's older or younger brother - 舅舅 (Jiùjiu)
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"AUNT" IN CHINESE:
Dad's older sister - 姑妈 (Gūmā)
Dad's younger sister - 姑姑 (Gūgū)
Dad's older brother's wife - 伯母 (Bómǔ)
Dad's younger brother's wife - 婶婶 (Shěnshěn)
Mom's older sister - 姨妈 (Yímā)
Mom's younger sister - 阿姨 (Āyí)
Mom's brother's wife - 舅母 (Jiùmu)
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"COUSIN" IN CHINESE:
Dad's sibling's son (if older than you) - 堂兄 (Táng xiōng)
Dad's sibling's son (if younger than you) - 堂弟 (Táng dì)
Dad's sibling's daughter (if older than you) - 堂姐 (Táng jiě)
Dad's sibling's daughter (if younger than you) - 堂妹 (Táng Mèi)
Mom's sibling's son (if older than you) - 表哥 (Biǎo gē)
Mom's sibling's son (if younger than you) - 表弟 (Biǎo dì)
Mom's sibling's daughter (if older than you) - 表姐 (Biǎo jiě)
Mom's sibling's daughter (if younger than you) - 表妹 (Biǎo mèi)
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"NEPHEW" IN CHINESE:
Brother's son - 姪子 (zhízi)
Sister's son - 外甥 (wàishēng)
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"NIECE" IN CHINESE:
Brother's daughter - 姪女 (zhínǚ)
Sister's daughter - 外甥女 (wàishengnǚ)
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"FATHER-IN-LAW" IN CHINESE:
Husband's father - 公公 (gōnggong)
Wife's father - 岳父 (yuèfù)
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"MOTHER-IN-LAW" IN CHINESE:
Husband's mother - 婆婆 (pópo)
Wife's mother - 岳母 (yuèmǔ)
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"BROTHER-IN-LAW" IN CHINESE:
Your older sister's husband - 姐夫 (Jiěfū)
Your husband's older brother - 大伯 (Dàbò)
Your younger sister's husband - 妹夫 (Mèifū)
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"SISTER-IN-LAW" IN CHINESE:
Your older brother's wife- 嫂子 (Sǎo zi)
Your younger brother's wife - 弟妇 (Dìfù) or 弟妹 (Dìmèi)
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MULTIPLE SIBLINGS OF THE SAME GENDER
China recently abolished it's one-child policy, so what if you run into a situation where your relative has multiple siblings? Let's say for example, your mom has three younger sisters. How do you differentiate from all of them at family reunions? A common way to do this in Chinese would be to refer to the oldest as " 大姨 (dà yí)" and then refer to the second and third as "二姨 (èr yí) second aunt" and "三姨 (sān yí) third aunt" respectively.
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