day 25the family tree

the family tree

Name every branch of a Chinese family tree (uncles, in-laws, step-parents, twins, ancestors) and add a surprised “you know what, actually …” with (你)还别说.

today’s words

• 伯伯 bóbo · uncle (father’s older brother)
• 伯父 bófù · uncle (father’s older brother; formal)
• 伯母 bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s older brother)
• 爹 diē · dad (northern, rural)
• 娘 niáng · mum (northern, rural)
• 嫂子 sǎozi · sister-in-law (older brother’s wife)
• 女婿 nǚxu · son-in-law
• 岳父 yuèfù · father-in-law (wife’s father)
• 岳母 yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)
• 继父 jìfù · stepfather
• 继母 jìmǔ · stepmother
• 祖父 zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father; formal)
• 祖母 zǔmǔ · grandmother (father’s mother; formal)
• 祖宗 zǔzong · ancestors
• 祖籍 zǔjí · ancestral home
• 祖传 zǔchuán · handed down from one’s ancestors
• 籍贯 jíguàn · native place (on forms)
• 姓氏 xìngshì · surname, family name
• 家族 jiāzú · clan, extended family
• 家世 jiāshì · family background
• 家境 jiājìng · family circumstances (money)
• 家教 jiājiào · upbringing; private tutor
• 后裔 hòuyì · descendant
• 子孙 zǐsūn · children and grandchildren, descendants
• 子弟 zǐdì · sons, young people (of a family or group)
• 血缘 xuèyuán · blood relationship
• 血脉 xuèmài · bloodline
• 同胞 tóngbāo · siblings; compatriots
• 亲生 qīnshēng · one’s own (child, parent) by birth
• 双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi · twins
• 孪生 luánshēng · twin (born)
• 闺女 guīnü · daughter; girl (northern)
• 丫头 yātou · girl, lass
• 少女 shàonǚ · young girl, teenage girl
• 老人家 lǎorenjia · elderly person (respectful)

sentences

• 你还别说，她跟奶奶长得真像。 · You know what, she really does look like her grandma.
• 还别说，这家店的菜有家乡的味道。 · Actually, you know, the food here tastes like home.
• 我们李家的祖籍在西安。 · Our Li family originally comes from Xi’an.
• 别说祖宗了，连祖父的生日我都不知道。 · Forget our ancestors: I don’t even know my grandfather’s birthday.
• 这对双胞胎是我伯伯的闺女。 · These twins are my uncle’s daughters.