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The Chinese kinship system (simplified Chinese: 亲属系统; traditional Chinese: 親屬系統; pinyin: qīnshǔ xìtǒng) is among the most complicated of all the world's kinship systems. It maintains a specific designation for almost every member's kin based on their generation, lineage, relative age, and gender.
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. [1]
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 Sêng-hông-iâ (城隍爺), lāu-iâ (老爺), siàu-iâ (少爺) The honorific iâ is usually used for gods, deities, or honorable people. koaⁿ: 倌: neutral suffix
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 ...
Boyi and Shuqi represent some paradoxes in ethics: Boyi refused to take over rule of his father's kingdom because he felt his father preferred his younger brother and going against his father's wishes would not be in accord with filial piety. Shuqi refused the rule because it would be unfilial to allow his older brother to be bypassed.
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.
A 6-year-old North Carolina boy accidentally shot his younger brother, killing the boy, authorities announced last week. The shooting happened on Oct. 8 in Greenville, about 85 miles east of ...
Hong Xiuquan [b] (1 January 1814 [a] – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu [c] and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty.