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mother's sister: 姨母 yímǔ: 姨妈 (姨媽) yímā (older than ego's mother); 阿姨 āyí (younger than ego's mother) aunt: 4 mother's sister's husband: 姨父 yífù: 姨夫 yífu: 姨丈 yízhàng: uncle: 0 mother's sibling's son, older than ego: 表兄 biǎoxiōng: 表哥 biǎogē: first cousin: 5 mother's sibling's son, younger than ...
Hokkien distinguishes between formal and informal terms for kinship. Subjects are distinguished between, for example, a speaker's nephew and the nephew of the speaker's spouse, although this is affected by age, where a younger relative will often be referred to by their name, rather than a kinship term.
Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...
elder sister female suffix Mary-chí: The honorific chí or ché is usually added right after one's name, and it shows a "sister-like" respect. hiaⁿ: 兄: elder brother male suffix John-hiaⁿ: The honorific hiaⁿ is usually added right after one's name, and it shows a "brother-like" respect. iâ: 爺: father, master male suffix
Chinese people often address professionals in formal situations by their occupational titles. These titles can either follow the surname (or full name) of the person in reference, or it can stand alone either as a form of address or if the person being referred to is unambiguous without the added surname.
"Ye Xian" (traditional Chinese: 葉 限; simplified Chinese: 叶 限; pinyin: Yè Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Yeh Hsien; [jê ɕjɛ̂n]) is a Chinese fairy tale that is similar to the European Cinderella story, the Malay-Indonesian Bawang Putih Bawang Merah tale, [1] and stories from other ethnic groups including the Tibetans and the Zhuang. [2]
Nüwa, also read Nügua, is a mother goddess, culture hero, [1] and/or member of the Three Sovereigns of Chinese mythology.She is a goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. [2]
Bixiao Niangniang (Chinese: 碧霄娘娘; lit. 'Lady of the Green Firmament'), also known as Zhao Bixiao or Bixiao Xianzi, is a character in the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi. She is worshipped as a goddess of childbirth in Chinese folk religion. [1]