{"id":8873,"date":"2013-05-07T04:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T08:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=8873"},"modified":"2013-05-07T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T15:04:16","slug":"how-to-talk-about-relationships-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/how-to-talk-about-relationships-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Talk About Relationships in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relationships are a crucial part of our daily life. Talking about the relationships you have with various people is an important part of studying any language. After all, you&#8217;ll often be asked the question, &#8220;<em>Who is he\/she?<\/em>&#8221; when talking about other people. First of all, here&#8217;s how you can ask both of those questions in Chinese:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Who is he? (\u4ed6\u662f\u8c01\uff1f- t\u0101 sh\u00ec shu\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Who is she? (\u5979\u662f\u8c01\uff1f- t\u0101 sh\u00ec shu\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notice that the pronunciation for &#8220;he&#8221; and &#8220;she&#8221; is the same in Chinese, but a different character is used. Of course, when talking about relationships, your family often comes up first. Luckily for you, I&#8217;ve already written a detailed post about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-family-tree\/\">how to talk about your family<\/a>. Once you&#8217;ve read up on that, do your best to decipher the complicated Chinese family tree in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Complicated Chinese Family Tree\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCFRoILS1jY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>It sure is complicated in Chinese&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Anyways, today I&#8217;m going to teach you some new words to use. When you answer that question, you&#8217;ll begin by saying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>He&#8217;s my&#8230; (\u4ed6\u662f\u6211\u7684 &#8211; t\u0101 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>She&#8217;s my&#8230; (\u5979\u662f\u6211\u7684 &#8211; t\u0101 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now to help you build up your vocabulary, here are 20 words for talking about relationships in Chinese:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Chinese<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Pinyin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">husband<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u4e08\u592b<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">zh\u00e0ng f\u016b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">wife<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u59bb\u5b50\/\u592a\u592a<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">q\u012b zi\/t\u00e0i tai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">fiance (male)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u672a\u5a5a\u592b<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">w\u00e8i h\u016bn f\u016b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">fianc\u00e9 (female)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u672a\u5a5a\u59bb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">w\u00e8i h\u016bn q\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">boyfriend<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u7537\u670b\u53cb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">n\u00e1n p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">girlfriend<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u5973\u670b\u53cb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">n\u01da p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">ex-boyfriend\/girlfriend<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u524d\u7537\u53cb\/\u524d\u5973\u53cb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">qi\u00e1n n\u00e1n y\u01d2u\/qi\u00e1n n\u01da y\u01d2u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">friend<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u670b\u53cb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">acquaintance<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u719f\u4eba<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">sh\u00fa r\u00e9n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">classmate<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u540c\u5b66<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">t\u00f3ng xu\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">teacher<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u8001\u5e08<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">l\u01ceo sh\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">colleague<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u540c\u4e8b<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">t\u00f3ng sh\u00ec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">boss<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u8001\u677f<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">l\u01ceo b\u01cen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">manager<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u7ecf\u7406<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">j\u012bng l\u01d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">employee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u96c7\u5458<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">g\u00f9 yu\u00e1n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">assistant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u52a9\u7406<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">zh\u00f9 l\u01d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">client<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u5ba2\u6237<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">k\u00e8 h\u00f9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">roommate<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u5ba4\u53cb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">sh\u00ec you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">landlord<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u623f\u4e1c<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">f\u00e1ng d\u014dng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">neighbor<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">\u90bb\u5c45<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"148\">l\u00edn j\u016b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Just use those words to complete the sentences above, and you can probably talk about most of the people you know in Chinese! Er&#8230; well&#8230; at least you can introduce them! Here are some examples of my own:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8875\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/how-to-talk-about-relationships-in-chinese\/dsc_0002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8875\" aria-label=\"DSC 0002 195x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8875\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8875\"  alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/DSC_0002-195x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u5979\u662f\u6211\u7684\u5973\u670b\u53cb.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8876\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/how-to-talk-about-relationships-in-chinese\/dsc_0417\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8876\" aria-label=\"DSC 0417 200x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8876\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8876\"  alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/DSC_0417-200x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4ed6\u662f\u6211\u7684\u597d\u670b\u53cb\uff0c\u4e5f\u662f\u6211\u7684\u5ba4\u53cb.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8874\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/how-to-talk-about-relationships-in-chinese\/cimg5955\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8874\" aria-label=\"CIMG5955 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8874\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8874\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/CIMG5955-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4ed6\u662f\u6211\u7684\u540c\u4e8b.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now you try! Use the new words from this lesson to practice introducing the various people in your life. In the meantime, keep building your vocabulary by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/word-of-the-day\/today\/chinese.html\">learning a new Chinese word every day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"234\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/DSC_0417-234x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/DSC_0417-234x350.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/DSC_0417.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><p>Relationships are a crucial part of our daily life. 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