Family & Kinship
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- 堂兄táng xiōngelder male cousin on father's side (same surname)HSK 7-9
- 大姐dàeldest sister; (polite address for a woman about one's own age)HSK 7-9
- 拆散chāi sànto break up (a marriage, family, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 婆娘pó niángyoung married woman (colloquial); wife (colloquial)HSK 7-9
- 养育yǎng yùto raise (children or young animals); to bring upHSK 7-9
- 配偶pèi ǒuspouseHSK 7-9
- 大爷dà ye(noun) father's older brother; uncle; (term of respect) uncle; sir (used to address an older man)HSK 5
- 生父shēng fùbiological fatherHSK 7-9
- 宠坏chǒng huàito spoil (a person, especially a child)HSK 7-9
- 继母jì mǔstepmotherHSK 7-9
- 老娘lǎo niángone's mother (often used by the speaker referring to their own mother; also grandmother in some dialects); traditional midwife (historical/regional usage); self-address of a middle-aged or older woman (assertive, sometimes combative tone)HSK 7-9
- 子女zǐ nǚchildren (sons and daughters)HSK 5
- 母女mǔ nǚmother and daughter (as a pair); mother-daughterHSK 4
- 家教jiā jiàofamily upbringing, home education; private tutorHSK 7-9
- 丧sāngto lose (a family member or close person) through deathHSK 7-9
- 女婿nǚ xuson-in-law (daughter's husband)HSK 7-9
- 富家fù jiāwealthy family, rich householdHSK 7-9
- 岳父yuè fùwife's father, father-in-law (specifically the father of one's wife)HSK 7-9
- 赡养费shàn yǎng fèialimony; payment for support of one's parentsHSK 7-9
- 养家yǎng jiāto support a family, to provide for one's familyHSK 7-9
- 表姐biǎo jiěolder female maternal cousin (or paternal aunt's daughter, with a different surname)HSK 7-9
- 祖zǔ(bound form) ancestor; forefather; (bound form) grandfather; (bound form) founder; originatorHSK 7-9
- 老奶奶lǎo nǎi naigranny (respectful term for an elderly woman or great-grandmother)HSK 7-9
- 亲属qīn shǔrelative; kin member (formal)HSK 6
- 私生子sī shēng zǐillegitimate child, love childHSK 7-9
- 辈bèi(bound form) generation; hierarchy within a family or social group (e.g. 长辈, 晚辈); (bound form) class or kind of people (e.g. 之辈, 故辈)HSK 7-9
- 后裔hòu yìdescendantHSK 7-9
- 姥姥lǎo laomaternal grandmother (mother's mother)HSK 5
- 爷yégrandfather (bound form, used in 爷爷); polite term for an older man (bound form, used in 大爷); master (bound form, used in 老爷 and 少爷)HSK 7-9
- 寄养jì yǎngto foster (a child/pet); to place (someone) in another's care (often implying dependency)HSK 7-9
- 曾祖父zēng zǔ fùgreat-grandfather (paternal, same surname)HSK 7-9
- 父女fù nǚfather and daughter (as a relational pair)HSK 4
- 生母shēng mǔbiological motherHSK 7-9
- 祖父母zǔ fù mǔpaternal grandparents (father's parents)HSK 7-9
- 双亲shuāng qīnboth parentsHSK 7-9
- 下一代xià yī dàiyounger generation (of people); next generation (of technology, products, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 亲友qīn yǒurelatives and friends, friends and familyHSK 7-9
- 遗孀yí shuāngwidow (formal term used in legal, news, and obituary contexts)HSK 7-9
- 大妈dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (by marriage); affectionate or generic term for an elderly woman; auntieHSK 5
- 姊妹zǐ mèisisters (both older and younger)HSK 7-9
- 儿女ér nǚchildren, sons and daughtersHSK 5
- 口子kǒu zihole, opening, cut, gap (in a surface); (classifier) for the number of people in a family; (colloquial) one's spouseHSK 7-9
- 堂弟táng dìyounger male cousin on the father's side (son of father's brother)HSK 7-9
- 表亲biǎo qīncousin (specifically, child of one's mother's brother or father's sister)HSK 7-9
- 姨yímaternal aunt (mother's sister); auntie (term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation)HSK 6
- 母亲节mǔ qīn jiéMother's DayHSK 7-9
- 全家人quán jiāthe whole family; all family membersHSK 7-9
- 长辈zhǎng bèione's elders; older generationHSK 6
- 翁wēng(bound form) old man (in literary or compound words); father-in-law (formal); (a surname)HSK 7-9
- 外孙wài sūndaughter's son; grandson (on the daughter's side)HSK 7-9
- 母子mǔ zǐmother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interestHSK 4
- 子孙zǐ sūnoffspring; posterity; descendantsHSK 7-9
- 兄长xiōng chángformal/respectful term for an elder brother or older male friend (used in courteous address)HSK 7-9
- 姊zǐelder sister (bound form, used in compounds)HSK 7-9
- 亲兄弟qīnblood brotherHSK 7-9
- 单亲dān qīnsingle-parent (attributive)HSK 7-9
- 姐夫jiě fuelder sister's husband; brother-in-law (specifically, husband of one's elder sister)HSK 7-9
- 家事jiā shìhousework; family mattersHSK 7-9
- 成家chéng jiāto get married and start a family; to become a recognized expert (in a field)HSK 7-9
- 岳母yuè mǔwife's mother, mother-in-law (from the husband's perspective)HSK 7-9