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SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY 



TABLE OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY OF THE CHINESE, IN THE MANDARIN DIALECT. 



Bv HON. EOBEET HABT, OF CANTON. 



Description of persons. 



Relationships in Chinese. 



Translation. 



Etymological explanations. 



1. My great great grandfather (father's 



aide). 



2. " great great grandmother 



3. " great grandfather 



4. " great grandfather's brother 



5. " great grandfather's sister 



great grandmother 



great grandmother's brother. 



9. 

 10. 



great grandmother's sister . 



grandfather 



grandfather's elder brother. 



" grandfather's younger brother. 



11. " grandfather's sister 



12. " grandmother 



13. " grandmother's brother 



" mother's brother 



14. " mother's sister. 



15. " great great grandfather (mother's 



side). 



16. " great great grandmother 



17. " great grandfather 



18. " great grandmother , 



19. " grandfather , 



20. " grandmother 



21. " father . . 



22. " mother 



23. son 



24. " daughter 



25. " grandson 



26. " granddaughter. 



27. " great grandson . 



28. " great granddaughter 



29. " great great grandson 



30. " great great granddaughter 



31. " elder brother . . 



32. " elder sister . 



33. " younger brother 



34. " younger sister . . 



35. " brothers 



36. " sisters 



37. " brother's son (male speaking) 



38. " brother's son's wife (male apeak' g) 



39. " brother's daughter " 



Wo-te kaon-tsu 



" kaon-tsti-mo . 



" tsung-tsu. . . . 



tsung-^-tsu. 



' shuh 



kii-po . 



tsnng-tsfl-mo . 

 kew-tae-kung. 



kfi-tae-po. 



tsu-fu 



poh-tsu . . 



shuh-tstt 



ku-mo , 



tsu-mo 



wae-tsu-kung . 

 kew-kung 



wae-e-po 



wae-tsung-tsfi. . .. 



wae-tsnng-tsu-mo 

 wae-tsu-kung .... 



" wae-tsn-po 

 " wae kung . 



wae-po , 



" fu-tsin , 



" Heay-teay; c kea-fii 

 " mo-tsiu ; b kea-ino. . 



Ir-tsze 



neu-Ir 



suu-tsze 



sun-neu , 



tsung-suu 



" tsung-sun-nen . . . 

 " yuen-sun 



yuen-sun-neu .... 

 ko-ko; b heung. . . 



tseay-tseay; Hsze 



henng-te; b a-te. . . 



niei-mei 



heung-te-mnn. .. . 

 tsze-mtti .... 



chih-ir . 



chih-fu . . . 

 chih-iieu . 



My far removed ancestor. 



" far removed ancestral mother. 

 " additional ancestor, t. e., more re- 

 mote. 



" more remote ancestor. 



" old mother of the ku class. 



" more remote ancestral mother. 

 " very old gentleman. 



" old great mother. 



" ancestral father. 



" senior ancestral relation. 



" junior ancestral relation. 



" aunt mother. 



" ancestral mother. 



" outer ancestral old gentleman. 



" mother's brother ; the old gentle 



man. 



" mother of the wae-e class. 



" more remote ancestor. 



" more remote ancestral mother. 

 " out of the family ancestral old 



father. 

 " out of the family ancestral old 



mother. 

 " out of the family old father. 



" out of the family old mother. 



" father relation. 



" "daddy; 'housefather. 



" mother relation; 'housemother. 



" child-boy. 



" girl child. 



" growing for the second time boy. 



" growing for the second time girl. 



" additional growing for the second 



time boy (grandson). 

 " additional growing for the second 



time girl (granddaughter). 

 " great growing for the third time 



boy (grandson). 

 " great growing for the third time 



girl (granddaughter). 

 " elder brother ; b senior. 



elder sister;" 1 an experienced wo- 

 man. 



senior little junior; ''little brother, 

 younger sister. 



seniors-juniors ; that is, brothers, 

 elder sister, younger sister ; t. e., 



sisters. 

 nephew child, or my child boy of 



the chih class, 

 nephew child's wife, 

 niece girl, or my child daughter 



of the chih class. 



Kaon = high or lofty. 



Of the poll or shuh paternal relationship, see 

 "father's brother." 



Ku is a term applied alike to a woman's 

 husband's mother, and to a father's sis- 

 ters. Po = old mother. Thus ku-po is 

 my old mother of the kit class. 



Kew-kung is my grandmother's brother. 

 Tae means great. Kew-tae-kung is thus 

 my mother's brother (my father of the kew 

 class), that very old gentleman. 



Same ku-po as above, and the same tae. 



Tail is one who begins or founds a family. 



The same poh and shuh are met with in my 

 father's brother. 



Same as father's sister. 



E is a mother's sister ; po is an "old mo- 

 ther;" wae-po, without the e, is my mo- 

 ther's mother. Kung and po are used for 

 father and mother towards persons who 

 stand in that relationship without being 

 the real parents. 



Kung and po are likewise used by a woman 

 to designate her husband's parents. They 

 mean, originally, old or venerable people 

 of either sex. Wae is outer, external. 

 Wae-kung is thus my out of the family 

 old father, kung showing that the person 

 spoken of is not the real begetter. 



Ko originally means "to sing;" repeated, 

 ko-ko, is simply an untranslatable word 

 for elder brother, Heuni) means senior. 



Tseaij was originally applied to a " mother." 

 It is now a simple terra for "elder sister," 

 and it is likewise the equivalent for our 

 word "rnias." Tsze = au experienced 

 woman. 



J/n is sign of plural. 



