The_Bear Turbocharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 when she call you, you must quickly reply "揸 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 Your daughter is very lucky. I never got to see my great grandma. Neither did my sons got to see my grandma. Take lots of photos with Ggrandma and daughter man! Precious! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etnt Turbocharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 (edited) Paternal grandfather : Ye Ye Paternal grandmother : Ma Ma Maternal grandfather : Gong Gong Maternal grandmother : Po Po For great grandparents: add Tai in front, and deduct 1 repeated syllabus. eg. Tai Ma Paternal Aunt: older than your dad is Gu Ma, while younger is Gu Jie Maternal Aunt: older than your mum is Yi Ma, younger is Ah Yi Paternal Uncle: older than your dad is Ah Pak, younger is Ah Sok Maternal Uncle: older than your mum is Kau Fu, younger is Ah Kau Substitute for order in family as necessary. Tong is for paternal cousins, Biu is for maternal cousin, substitute as necessary. This should settle most of the elder addressing needs in CNY. Edited January 15, 2012 by Etnt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scion Turbocharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 ok a little trivia for those interested... the so-called 18 generations for Chinese is: 父亲、祖父、曾祖、高祖、天祖、烈祖、太祖、远祖、鼻祖 自己 儿子、孙子、曾孙、玄孙、来孙、弟孙、乃孙、云孙、耳孙。 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKP 3rd Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 小 bear 子 为老佛爷请安。 Wah u learnt this from Huanzhu Ge Ge... Mostly girls and emo guys watch melodramas... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 小 bear 子 为老佛爷请安。 小 bear 子!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronleo 6th Gear January 15, 2012 Author Share January 15, 2012 Your daughter is very lucky. I never got to see my great grandma. Neither did my sons got to see my grandma. Take lots of photos with Ggrandma and daughter man! Precious! Tks pal for the advice! Will take note of it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwchan 1st Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 ok a little trivia for those interested... the so-called 18 generations for Chinese is: 父亲、祖父、曾祖、高祖、天祖、烈祖、太祖、远祖、鼻祖 自己 儿子、孙子、曾孙、玄孙、来孙、弟孙、乃孙、云孙、耳孙。 wow...didnt know until now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdior 1st Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 Yup! For hokkien side (wife), great grandma is call ah zhuo. i dunno if its the same. my family is hokkien. my father's grandma , he call ah ma, i call ah zhuo... zhuo sound like sit in chinese. sorry for my han yu pin ying ah zhuo is for father side great grandma tai ma is for mother side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronleo 6th Gear January 15, 2012 Author Share January 15, 2012 Tks to all bros here for the answers to my questions. Hereby wishing everyone a happy n prosperous CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! HUAT AR!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliechang Clutched January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 My son address my grandma as Tai Ma. I dun know abt Tai Por though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piyopico Supercharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 My son address my grandma as Tai Ma. I dun know abt Tai Por though. Thatz bcos hokkien use ma ma instead of po po. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scion Turbocharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 more relationship in a traditional Chinese family... but then nowadays we just call the elderly "uncle" "aunty" can liao 伯伯 - 爸爸的哥哥 伯母 - 爸爸的哥哥的妻子 叔叔 - 爸爸的弟弟 婶婶 - 爸爸的弟弟的妻子 姑姑 - 爸爸的姐妹 姑丈 - 爸爸的姐妹的丈夫 堂兄弟 - 爸爸的兄弟的儿子 堂姐妹 - 爸爸的兄弟的女儿 舅舅 - 妈妈的兄弟 舅妈 - 妈妈的兄弟的妻子 姨妈 - 妈妈的姐妹 姨丈 - 妈妈的姐妹的丈夫 表兄弟 - 爸爸的姐妹的儿子, 妈妈的兄弟姐妹的儿子 表姐妹 - 爸爸的姐妹的女儿, 妈妈的兄弟姐妹的女儿 妯娌 - 丈夫的兄弟的妻子之间的关系 连襟 - 妻子的姐妹的丈夫 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piyopico Supercharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 (edited) To add on. Ah Pak wife is Kum mou. Still got quite a few, Cantonese seems to have the most terms. Edited January 15, 2012 by Piyopico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piyopico Supercharged January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 To add on. Ah Pak wife is Kum mou. Still got quite a few, Cantonese seems to have the most terms. Er wrong, should be Pak mou. Kum mou is your mother's brothers' wife. Actually not that easy to remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmore 1st Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 Er wrong, should be Pak mou. Kum mou is your mother's brothers' wife. Actually not that easy to remember. Alternatively can be Pak leong (伯娘）, that's the old salutation we use to call my father's elder brother's wife. Sounds younger than mou. When I was young, I was totally confused with the rank structure in cantonese as it was very specific. Imagine if you have a biu jie who was then 30 years old with offspring of the same age as myself when I was 8 refusing to address you as uncle. In most situation; many would consider that scenario an absurd joke but in the old days it was common. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo6089 1st Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 (edited) My children call every women " AUNTY " and every man " UNCLE " [bigcry] Edited January 15, 2012 by Nemo6089 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo6089 1st Gear January 15, 2012 Share January 15, 2012 Wah! You the can, BTW how old are you huh? I must confess that I don't know a damn about such term ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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