{"id":8415,"date":"2013-01-14T12:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2013-01-16T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T04:22:11","slug":"chinese-family-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-family-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Family Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese characters for "family."<\/p><\/div>\n

Family is important in all cultures around the world. After all, where would we be without our family? When learning a new language, this topic always comes up. Of course, the many words used to describe relationships in a family can be confusing. In order to help you discuss your family in Chinese, I’m going to introduce some useful vocabulary. First of all, you can use one Chinese character to mean “family<\/strong>” (\u5bb6 – ji\u0101). This character can also mean “home,” so to avoid confusion, you can add the character for “people<\/strong>” (\u4eba – r\u00e9n) to show that you’re talking about the people in your family<\/strong> (\u5bb6\u4eba – ji\u0101 r\u00e9n). Or, if you prefer, you can use yet another word for “family<\/strong>” (\u5bb6\u5ead – ji\u0101 t\u00edng). Whichever word you use, sooner or later you’ll need to introduce the people in your family.<\/p>\n

My Family Members (\u6211\u7684\u5bb6\u4eba – w\u01d2 de ji\u0101 r\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n

Let’s start out with your immediate family – the people who brought you into this world and the people you grew up in the same house with:<\/p>\n

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    parents (\u7236\u6bcd – f\u00f9 m\u01d4)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    father (\u7236\u4eb2 – f\u00f9 q\u012bn)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    dad (\u7238\u7238 – b\u00e0 ba)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    mother (\u6bcd\u4eb2 – m\u01d4 qin)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    mom (\u5988\u5988 – m\u0101 ma)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    siblings (\u5144\u5f1f\u59d0\u59b9 – xi\u014dng d\u00ec ji\u011b m\u00e8i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    older brother (\u54e5\u54e5 – g\u0113 ge)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    younger brother (\u5f1f\u5f1f – d\u00ec d\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    older sister (\u59d0\u59d0 – ji\u011b jie)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    younger sister (\u59b9\u59b9 – m\u00e8i mei)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n