w de jip = My Family Tree

Key: For synonyms, terms are listed from left to right, in order of less formal to more formal Formal, literary terms are in (parenthesis) bbo / bf = dad's older brother bm = his wife ggu / gm = dad's older/younger sister gfu = her husband tngg = older male cousin tngji = older female cousin zhzi = brother's son gge = older brother sozi = his wife zhn = brother's daughter Tips for marriages: m = mother f = father (older generation) f = husband (same generation) f = woman (it just exists to confuse us)

yye / (zf ) = dad's dad ninai / (zm ) = dad's mom bba / (fqn ) = dad shshu = dad's younger brother shnshen = his wife

jijie = older sister jifu = her husband rzi = son rxfu = daughterin-law

snzi = son's son snn = son's daughter

w = me logong / zhngfu = husband lop / qzi / titai / frn = wife ddi = younger brother dmi / dx = his wife mimei = younger sister mifu = her husband

wisn = daughter's son n'r = daughter nxu = son-in-law wisnn = daughter's daughter

wigong / (wizf ) = mom's dad wip / lolao / (wizm ) = mom's mom

jijiu = mom's older/younger brother jim = his wife mma / (mqn ) = mom

wisheng = sister's son wishengn = sister's daughter

ym / y = mom's older/younger sister yfu = her husband

biod = younger male cousin biomi = younger female cousin

Tip for grandparents: wi = mother's family

Tips for cousins: tng = father's side bio = mother's side

Tips for grandchildren: wi = mother's family sn = grandchild Copyright Albert Wolfe, 2007 www.laowaichinese.net