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



Description of persons. 



Belationsliipa in Chinese. 



Etymological explanations. 



1. Tlie son of the son of a brother to the 



sou of the son of the brother's sister. 



2. Tlie daugliter of the daughter of a bro- 



ther to the daughter of the daughter 

 of the brother's sister. 



3. The son of the sou of a brother to the 



daughter of the daughter of the bro- 

 ther's sister. 



4. The son of the son of the son of a 



brother to the son of the son of the 

 sou of the brother's sister. 



1. The daughter of the dnughter of one 



sister to the daughter of tlie daugh- 

 ter of the daugh'r of the otlier sister. 



2. The son of the son of one brother to 



the daughter of the sou of the son 

 of tlie other brother. 



3. The daughter of tlie daughter of one 



brother to the son of the sou of the 

 son of the brother's sister. 



Peaon-heuug-te . 

 Peaou-tsze-mei . . 



Peaon-heung-mei 



Peaon-heung-to . 



The second is the e-snmj- 

 new of the first. 



The second is the chih-'ir 

 of the first. 



The first is the peaon-lcii- 

 mo of the second. 



Brothers of the juaon class. 

 Sisters " " " 



Brother and sister of the peaon 

 class. 



Brothers of the peaon class. 



A woman's sister's daughter is her 

 e-sung-neu. 



The nephew, or son of the c/u7i 

 class. 



A father's sisters are called ku-mo. 



In the present relationship, the first is a ku- 

 mo of the peaon class to the second. 



