Comments on: Chinese Family Tree

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:55:40 +0000

Hey Albert Thanks for a useful article. I refer to it in a recent post entitled Why a meal is worth more to me than my grandmother. Greg

By: Franeela

Franeela — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:56:24 +0000

I would like to get the word to call mother’s younger siser.

By: gudong

gudong — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:23:41 +0000

Sorry for a mistake ,there is the correction:
堂=your father’s brother’s child.
表＝your father’s sister’s child（姑表）＋ your mother’s sister’s child（姨表）+your mother’s brother’s child（舅表）.

For example,姑表姐 is your father’s sister’s daughter older than you, 姨表弟 is your mother’s sister’s son younger than you.

By: gudong

gudong — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:17:33 +0000

The explain of 堂 and 表 in the family tree picture is inaccurate.
堂=your father’s brother’s child.
表＝your father’s sister’s child（姑表）＋ cousin of your mother’s side（姨表）.
For example,姑表姐 is your father’s sister’s daughter older than you, 姨表弟 is your mother’s brother’s/sister’s son younger than you.

some family numbers in-law:
岳父：father of my wife
岳母：mother of my wife
公公：father of my husband
婆婆：mother of my husband
大伯子：older brother of my husband
小叔子：younger brother of my husband
大姑子：older sister of my husband
小姑子：youner sister of my husband
大姨子：older sister of my wife
小姨子：younger sister of my wife
大舅子：older brother of my wife
小舅子：younger brother of my wife
连襟：husband of my wife’s sister
妯娌：wife of my husband’s brother

By: Yang

Yang — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:31:48 +0000

Is there a special term for cousins through a different concubine? My Grandfather had three daughters from first wife and my father was from first concubine. Is there a special term those mothers and for the children of those daughters to me? (They were from southern China.)

By: Gongzan

Gongzan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:50:45 +0000

All these terms sound weird when I say them in cantonese. everyone thinks im talking like a robot. Is there anywhere I can find a 粵語 version?

By: Cecillia

Cecillia — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:12:09 +0000

姨(Yi 2)丈(zhang 4) is your mother’s-sister’s husband,
but in north China, we usually say 姨(yi 2)夫(fu)

姑(gu 1)丈 is your father’s-sister’s husband, i say 姑夫(fu)

姑(GU 1 )爷(Ye) ,if I’m not mistaken is usually address by servants/maids to their master’s daughter’s husband

actually gu ye has a lot of meanings varied from different regions in China.(Is this sentence right???)

For example, your child should call your sister’s husband gu ye

In addition, if the others ask your parents about your sister’s husband, they will say:”How is your gu ye?”———-This is my understanding of gu ye

By: Alchiang

Alchiang — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:08:30 +0000

Hi Albert
pinyin will be added soon

By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:46:39 +0000

alchiang,

Wow! That’s an overwhelmingly awesome family tree. I only wish it had pinyin.

By: alchiang

alchiang — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:04:01 +0000

For more details of The Chinese Family Tree,
Please visit my more detailed version of the Chinese Paternal & Maternal Family tree.
Link http://malaysian-cuisine.com/touristinfo/family_tree.htm