家人 Family
By Levi Clancy for Student Reader on
updated
- Parent
- Siblings
- Chinese studies
- Communication
- Country and language
- 中國 China populations
- 代名詞 Pronouns
- 名字 Names
- 商店 Stores
- 天氣 / 天气 weather
- 季節 / 季节 Seasons
- 學校 / 学校 School
- 工作 Work
- 數字 Numbers
- 旅行 Travel
- 是 shì 、很 hěn 、得 dě
- 時候 / 时候 Time
- 普通话: Activities and invitations
- 普通话一 Mandarin 1
- 普通话二 Mandarin 2
- 漢字 / 汉字 hànzì
- 生日 Birthday and age
- 色 Color
- 衣服 Clothes
- 錢 / 钱 Money
- 飯館 / 饭馆 Restaurant
- 餐 Meals
family; home
m.w. for relatives
This is an abstract notion of family/home: your kin; your home.
家人 jiārén (family, kin)
Chinatown Station, LA (© 2013)
Parents
mother
father
Children
child
Child, referring either to any young person, or the child (even if an adult) of somebody.
son
daughter
Relative age
大 dà
big/old/great
大有 dàyǒu (great, sovereign, bountiful)
Chinatown Station, LA (© 2013)
小 xiăo
small/young
最大的 zuìdàdí
oldest
最小的 zuìxiǎodí
youngest
Siblings
哥哥 gēge
兄 xiong
elder brother
大哥 dàgē
eldest brother
erge, sange
second-eldest brother, third-eldest brother and so on.
弟弟 dìdi
younger brother
xiaodi
youngest brother
姐姐 jiějie
elder sister
大姐 dàjiě
(big-eldersister)
eldest sister
兄弟姐妹 xiōngdìjiěmèi
siblings
Non-family relationships
female
女 nü
男 nán
Male
朋友 péngyǒu
friend
Conversation
Ni jia you ji kou/ge ren?
Wo jia you # kou/ge ren.
Ni jia you shei?
Wo jia you liang ge gege, etc he wo.