OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. 



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Table of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Chinese, in tub Mandarin Dialect. — Continued. 



Description of persons 



40. My bro.'s daughter's husband (m.s.) Wo-t6 chih-neu-se. 



41. " brother's grandson (male speak^g) " chih-sun 



Kelationships in Chin 



42. " brother's granddaughter " 

 4!i. " brother's great grandson " 

 44. " bro.'s gt. granddaughter " 



47. " sister's son''9 wife " 



48. " sister's daughter " 

 4U. " sister's daughter's husb. " 

 ,50. " sister's grandson " 



51. " sister's granddaughter " 



52. " Bister's great grandson " 



53. " sist.'s gt. granddaughter " 



54. " brother's son (^female speaking) . . 



55. " brother's son's wife (/f«i.s/)cat'</) 

 5(j. " brother's daughter " 



57. " bro.'s daughter's husband" 



58. " brother's grandson •' 

 69. " brother's granddaughter " 



60. " brother's great grandson " 



01. " bro.'s gt. granddaughter " 



(12. " sister's son " 



63. " sister's son's wife " 



64. " sister's daughter " 



65. " sister's daughter's husb. " 



66. " sister's grandson " 



67. " sister's granddaughter " 



68. " sister's great grandson " 

 60. " sist.'s gt. granddaughter " 



70. " father's elder brother 



71. " father's younger brother. . . 



father's elder brother's wife. . . . 

 father's younger brother's wife . 



74. " father's brother's son (males and 

 females use same terms). 



75. " father's brother's son's wife. 



76. " father's brother's daughter. . 



77. " father's bro.'s daughter's husb'd 



78. " father's brother's son's son 



79. " father's brother's son's daughter 



80. " father's brother's daughter's son 



chih-snm-neu 



chih-tsung-neu . . . . 

 chih-tsung-suu-neu 



wae-snng-seih-fu . 

 wae-sung-neu .... 

 wae-sung-neu-se . 

 wae-sung-sun .... 

 wae-sung-sun-neu 



wae-sung-tsung-sun 



wae-snng-tsung- 



sun-ncu. 

 wae-chih 



wae-chih-seih-fii . 

 wae-chih-ueu .... 



wae-chih-neu-se . . 

 "wae-chili-sun .... 

 wae-chih-sun-neu 



wae-chih-tsung-sun 



wae-chih-tsung- 



sun-neu. 

 e-sung 



Etymological explanations. 



e-sung-seih-fii. . . . 

 e-sung-neu 



e-sung-neu-se. . . 



e-sung-sun 



e-suug-sun-neu . 



e-sung-tsung-sun 



e-sung-tsung-suu 

 neu. 



poh-fti 



shuh-fii 



poh-rao 



shiu-neang 



tang-heung-te. . . 



tang-saon 



tang-tsze-mei . . . 



. tsze f- 

 tang- .-III 



tang-chih 



tang-chih-neu. 

 tang-wae-sung 



My niece girl's superior, or my son- 

 in-law. 

 " grandson of the chih class. 



granddaugliter of the cliili class, 

 great grandson of the r^lill class, 

 great granddaughter of the chih 



class, 

 outside nephew. 



son's wife of the wae-minij class. 



daughter of the v'de-sung class. 



son-iu-law of the wae-suvtj class. 



grandson of the wiie-sunr/ class. 



granddaughter of the wae-sung 

 class. 



great grandson of the wae-sung 

 class. 



great granddaughter of the wae- 

 sung class. 



outer nephew, or, Tr being un- 

 derstood, my child of the 

 irne-chih class. 



outer nephew's wife. 



niece of the wne class, or my 

 daughter of the uiae-cA/A class. 



son-in-law of tlie wae-chili class. 



grandson of the wap-chih class. 



granddaughter of the wae-chih 

 class. 



great grandson of the wae-chih 

 class. 



great granddaughter of the wae- 

 chih class. 



son of the e-sung class. 



daughter-in-law of the e-sung 



class, 

 daugliter of the e-sung class, 



i. e., through her sister, 

 son-in-law of the e-sung class, 

 grandson of the e-sung class, 

 granddaughter of the e-sung 



class, 

 great grandson of the e-sung 



class, 

 great granddaughter of the 



e-sung class, 

 senior father, 

 junior father. 



senior mother. 



father's younger brother's wife. 



hall brother, or brother of the 

 tang class. 



sister-in-law of the lang class, 

 hall sister, or sister of the tarig 

 class. 



brother-in-law, i. e., 



' ' younger 



sister's husband of the tang 



class, 

 nepliew of the tang class, 

 niece of the rang class, 

 wae-sung child of the^unj^class. 



A man's brother's children and their descend- 

 ants are thus styled his descendants of the 



cliih class. 



Sung originally is a daughter's child ; with 

 "wrie" (outside) prefixed, it expresses sis- 

 ter's son, and forms a wae-sung class. 



"Daughter-in-law." " Seih-fu" is a son's wife. 



This (■ is the word already used in " my mo- 

 ther's sister," and the sung as in wae-sung 

 abore. Thus, while a man calls his sister's 

 sous wae, a woman styles them e-sung. 



One's father's brothers are styled father, but 

 distinguished as senior and junior from the 

 real begetter. Shuh is a term of respect 

 applied by one to their juniors. 



Shin is the wife of one's younger brother. 

 Sliin-neang is the wife of one's fatlier's 

 younger brotlier. Nenng is a word often 

 used for mother, meaning originally a young 

 female. 



Tang means hall or family ; my hall brother, 

 /. p., my brother of the (0117 class, of the same 

 family, descended from the same grand- 

 father, of the same surname. 



My sister's child is my wae-sung ; my paternal 

 uncle's daughter's child is my wae-sung of 

 the tang class. Thus my sister's child is 

 my child of the wae-sung class ; my wae-sung 

 daughter of the tang class is my father's 

 brother's daughter's daughter. 



