When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Chinese kinship - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_kinship

    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.

  3. Mandarin Chinese profanity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity

    nǐ èr dàyé de (Chinese: 你二大爷的) = damn on your second uncle. This is a part of local Beijing slang. lǎolao (Chinese: 姥姥) = grandmother-from-mother-side. In Beijing dialect, this word is used for "Never!". tā nǎinai de (Chinese: 他奶奶的) = His grandmother-from-father-side!

  4. Chinese nobility - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_nobility

    Official Chinese histories list only one reigning empress, Empress Wu of Tang. However, there have been numerous cases in Chinese history where a woman was the actual power behind the imperial throne. Empress Dowager Cixi, Regent of China considered de facto sovereign of China for 47 years during AD 1861–1908

  5. Uncle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle

    A maternal uncle is the brother of one's mother. A paternal uncle is the brother of one's father. Uncle-in-law is the uncle of one's spouse or the husband of an individual's aunt or uncle. A parent's first cousin may be called a second uncle. A great-uncle [4] [5] /granduncle [6] /grand-uncle [7] is the brother of one's grandparent.

  6. Eunuchs in China - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuchs_in_China

    In China, castration included removal of the penis as well as the testicles (see emasculation). Both organs were cut off with a knife at the same time. [4] Eunuchs existed in the Chinese court starting around 146 AD during the reign of Emperor Huan of Han, [5] and were common as civil servants as early as the time of the Qin dynasty.

  7. Court Lady - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Lady_(TV_series)

    Lu Ling as Second Madame Fu; Xu Rong Zhen as Third Madame Fu, mother of Fu Yin and Fu Tao. Zhou Jie as Second Uncle Fu; Li Yu Su as Second Aunt Fu; Sheng Household. Hei Zi as Sheng Xiaojing Historical prototype: Cheng Yaojin (程咬金) Duke Lu of Great Tang. Father to Consort Han, Chumo, Chuling and Chujun. Rival of Lu Yun Ji. He Jia Yi as ...

  8. Guardians of the Dafeng - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Dafeng

    His second uncle in this new reality in the Dafeng Dynasty, Xu Pingzhi (Yue Yang), is framed for stealing tax money, leading to the imprisonment of the entire Xu family. To save his family, Xu Qi'an uses his knowledge from criminal investigation books and his understanding of mathematics, physics, and chemistry to uncover the truth behind the ...

  9. Niece and nephew - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niece_and_nephew

    A niece is female and a nephew is male, and they would call their parents' siblings aunt or uncle. The gender-neutral term nibling has been used in place of the common terms, especially in specialist literature. [1] As aunt/uncle and niece/nephew are separated by one generation, they are an example of a second-degree relationship.