Chinese vocabulary — Gia đình topic

they, them

son

mouth

after; behind (in time or position)

older brother

to go home

woman, female

woman

daughter

girl

girlfriend

female student, girl

paternal grandmother, grandma

mom, mother

younger sister

older sister

son

child

home; house

family; family members

in the home; inside the house

primary school student

child, kid

little friend, kid

younger brother

you (polite form, used respectfully for elders or people of higher status)

we, us

house

friend

floor (of a building)

hair, fur (of an animal)

grandfather (father's father)

dad, father

male, man

man

boy

boyfriend

male student, boy

old (of people)

to cross; to pass

tall; high

middle age

the whole family

to raise (animals or children)

Zhou (a surname)

we (including both speaker and listener)

adult; grown-up

greatly; enormously

surname; family name

family

parent; guardian

boy; juvenile

to take care of; to look after

spouse (term used in mainland China)

dog

to be born; to give birth

gift; present

old age; one's later years

watch (wristwatch)

to grow up

relative; loved one; kin

knife

girl; young woman

children; sons and daughters

rich; wealthy

(measure word for flat objects, e.g. sheets of paper)

mother

soup; broth

father

parents

skin

straight

good fortune; blessing; happiness

to divorce; divorce

to marry; to get married

elderly lady; old woman

old man; old fellow (familiar or colloquial)

gold (metal)

dragon

husband

strict, stern

to argue, to debate

child, children

uncle (father's younger brother)

eldest brother

older sister (an affectionate way to address a woman slightly older than oneself)

husband and wife

wife

sisters

granddaughter (son's daughter)

grandson

season (of the year)

baby, newborn

treasure; darling

housework

to return, to give back

to hold, to carry (a child)

surname Jiang

the surname Wang

men and women

childhood

husband

hometown, native place

fat person

aunt (father's younger sister)

children

bear

neighbor

Lunar New Year's Eve, the 30th day of the 12th lunar month

relatives, kin

aunt (father's younger sister)

small child; baby; doll

orphan

power, authority

mother

Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

father and son

paternal grandmother

paternal grandfather

to take care of, to look after

one family (those living together in one household)

the surname Ding

a married couple; couple (affectionate term)

housewife, woman who manages the household

to quarrel, to argue

relatives, kin

biological, by blood

heir, inheritor (usually one who carries on a craft or skill)

uncle (father's older brother, or a man older than one's father)

wife of father's older brother; aunt

uncle (father's older brother).

to support, to provide for (a family, animals, etc.)

to balance, to attend to both at once

twins

descendants, posterity

backing, solid support

descendants, offspring of later generations

to tattle, to complain about, to report on

to nurture, to nourish (usually refers to feeding and raising from infancy)

wedding feast wine (at a wedding)

to gather together, to reunite

born and raised in a place (usually refers to one's hometown or locality)

hall, main hall

gravestone, tombstone

maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

to go missing

son-in-law

surname (the collective term for the first part of a personal name, indicating the family line)

maternal grandmother (Beijing dialect, commonly used in speech)

to spoil, to pamper excessively

mother, mom

daughter-in-law; wife (used for a younger man)

to marry (a man), to wed

dowry

sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)

descendants, posterity

children, the younger generation

to show filial respect

filial, dutiful

twin

clan, ancestry (lineage, religion)

to dote on, to pamper

family circumstances

widow; a woman whose husband has died

mother-in-law (wife's mother)

aged, elderly

lover

to start a family (to marry)

to visit a grave; to tend graves (sweep the tombs)

to raise, to bring up

child support payment

to miss; to be concerned about

to visit relatives

cradle

New house, new apartment

illustrious, eminent, of high status and great renown

old age, the final years of life

to gather joyfully, to have a happy reunion

to take care of, to look after

dad, father (an affectionate term, often used in dialects)

single, unmarried

flourishing, prosperous

to depend on each other for survival

hale and hearty, robust (usually said of the elderly)

passed down from ancestors

ancestors, forefathers

ancestral home, hometown (the birthplace of one's grandparents or ancestors)

peaceful and harmonious

to hold a memorial ceremony for, to worship (the deceased)

private savings, secret money

to discipline and educate (children)

to indulge excessively, to condone

stepmother

stepfather

spouse; one's life partner (an affectionate term used by the elderly)

old man

spine, backbone

to be independent, to manage on one's own, not relying on others

uncle (mother's younger brother)

to bury, to inter

blood relationship, kinship

blood vessels, arteries and veins

to get engaged

to punish, to chastise (a wrongdoer)

to support; to provide for (parents, the elderly)

last wish

relic, item left behind

well-matched in social and economic status (of two families)

daughter

pocket money

to obey, to comply, to submit

advanced age, elderly (usually of a person)