day 49family ties
unit 8 · home, family & communityfamily ties
Talk about your family and relatives, and tease or reassure someone the way families do.
today’s words
- 家庭 jiātíng · family, household
- 父母 fùmǔ · parents
- 父亲 fùqīn · father
- 母亲 mǔqīn · mother
- 父子 fùzǐ · father and son
- 父女 fùnǚ · father and daughter
- 母子 mǔzǐ · mother and son
- 母女 mǔnǚ · mother and daughter
- 兄弟 xiōngdì · brothers
- 亲戚 qīnqi · relative, relation
- 孙子 sūnzi · grandson
- 孙女 sūnnǚ · granddaughter
- 俩 liǎ · two, the two of (spoken)
- 家长 jiāzhǎng · parent (of a pupil)
- 教育 jiàoyù · education; to educate
- 责任 zérèn · responsibility
- 严格 yángé · strict
- 辛苦 xīnkǔ · hard, tiring; to work hard
sentences
- 小明的父母工作都很辛苦。 · Xiaoming’s parents both work very hard.
- 李医生是一位很严格的父亲。 · Dr Li is a very strict father.
- 你还哥哥呢，怎么不帮妹妹？ · Some big brother you are! Why won’t you help your sister?
- 你忙你的吧，我自己来。 · You carry on with what you’re doing; I’ll do it myself.
- 春节的时候，很多亲戚来我们家。 · At Spring Festival lots of relatives come to our home.