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SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY. 



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



Description of persons. 



81. 



82. 

 83. 

 84. 

 85. 



86. 

 87. 



88. 

 89. 



no. 



91. 

 92. 



93. 

 94. 

 95. 



96. 



97. 



98. 



99. 

 100. 

 101. 



102. 

 103. 



My father's bro.'s daugh.'s daughter 

 " father's brother's gt. grandson . . 

 " father's bro.'sgt. granddaughter 

 " father's bro.'s gt. gt. grandson.. 



" father's bro.'s great great grand- 



daughter. 

 " father's elder sister ........... 



" father's younger sister ......... 



" father's sister's husband ....... 



father's sister's son (males and 



females use same terms). 

 father's sister's son's wife ...... 



father's sister's daughter ....... 



father's sister's daughter's hus- 

 band. 



father's sister's son's son ...... 



father's sister's son's daughter. . 

 father's sister's daughter's Bon . 



104. 

 105. 



106. 



107. 

 108. 

 109. 



110. 



111. 

 112. 



113. 

 114. 



115. 

 116. 



117. 

 118. 



119. 

 120. 



" father's sister's daugh.'s daugh- 



ter. 



" father's sister's great grandson . . 

 " father's sist. 's gt. granddaughter 



" father's sister's gt. gt. grandson . 



" father's sister's great gt. grand- 



daughter. 

 " mother's brother .............. 



mother's brother's wife 



mother's brother's son (males 

 and females use same terms). 



mother's brother's son's wife 

 mother's brother's daughter. . . . 



mother's bro.'s daughter's hus- 

 band. 



mother's brother's son's son 

 mother's bro.'s son's daughter. . 

 mother's bro.'s daughter's sou. . 



mother's brother's daughter's 

 daughter. 



mother's bro.'s great grandson. . 



mother's brother's great grand- 

 daughter. 



mother's brother's great great 

 grandson. 



mother's brother's great great 

 granddaughter. 



mother's elder sister 



mother's youuger bister 



mother's sister's husband 



mother's sister's son (males and 



females use same terms), 

 mother's sister's son's wife 

 mother's sister's daughter 



Relationships in Chinese. 



Wo-te tang- wae-sung-nea 



" tang-chih-sun 



" tang-chih-sun-neu . 



" tang-chih-tsung- 



sun. 

 " tang-chih-tsung- 



sun-neu. 



" kii-mo 



" kii-tseay 



" kii-chang 



" peaon-heung-te . . . 



peaon-saou 

 peaou-tsze-mei . 



Translation. 



mei 



peaon-chih 



peaon-chih-nen . . 

 peaou-ehih-wae- 



sung. 

 peaon-chih-wae- 



sung-neu. 

 peaon-chih-snn . . 

 peaon-ohih-suu- 



neu. 

 peaou-chih-tsnug- 



81111. 



peaon-chih-tsung- 



sun-nen. 

 mo-kew 



kew-mo 



peaon-heung-te 



peaon-saon 



paon-tsze-mei . . . 



peaon- ffi --fu.... 



peaon-chih 



peaon-chih-neu . . 

 wae-peaon-chih . . 



wae-peaon-chih- 



neu. 



peaon-chih-sun . . . 

 peaon-chih-sun- 



ueu. 

 peaon-chih-tsung- 



sun. 

 peaon-chih-tsuug- 



Sllll-llrU. 



ta-e-ma 



seaon-e-ma 



e-ffl 



e-peaou-heung-te . 



e-peaon-saon 



e-peaou-tsze-mei 



My wae-sung daughter of the tang 



class. 

 " grandson of the tang-chih class, 



or in the tang-chih line. 

 " granddaughter in the tang-chih 



line of relationship. 

 " great grandson of the tang-chih 



class. 

 " great granddaughter of the 



tnng-chih class. 

 " aunt's mother. 

 " aunt's elder sister. 

 " aunt's husband. 

 " brother of the peaon class. 



" sister-in-law of the peaon class 

 " sister of the peaon class. 



elder 



of 



younger 8ister ' 8 husband 

 the peaon class. 



nephew of the peaon class. 



niece of the peaon class. 



nephew of the wae-suny branch 

 of the peaon class. 



niece of the wae-sung branch of 

 the peaon class. 



grandson of the praon-chih class. 



granddaughter of the peaon-chih 

 class. 



great grandson of the peaon- 

 chih class. 



great granddaughter of the 

 praon-chih class. 



mother uncle. 



uncle mother. 



brother of the peaon class. 



sister-in-law of the peaon class, 

 sister of the peaon class. 



sister's husband of the peaon 



class. 



nephew of the peaon class, 

 niece of the peaon class, 

 nephew of the wae branch of 



the peaon class, 

 niece of the wae branch of the 



pcaon class. 



grandson of the peaon-chih class, 

 granddaughter of the peaon-chih 



class, 

 great grandson of the peaon- 



cliih class, 

 great granddaughter of the 



peaon-chih class, 

 great outside mamma, 

 small outside mamma. 



mother's sister-father, 

 brother of the e-peaon class. 



sister-in-law of the e-peaon class, 

 sister of the e-peaon class. 



Etymological explanations. 



My hall nephew reproduced. 

 My hall niece reproduced. 



A father's sister is called kfi, i. e., aunt. 



My external brother, i. e., not of the same sur- 

 name. 



A mother's brothers are called Tcew, i. t., uncle. 

 AJo-krw = mother-uncle. Sometimes fcew-fu 

 is used =uucle-father. Kew is pronounced 

 like the gu in the Scotch word "gude" (good). 



Same as my father's sister's son. In this way 

 the descendants of my father's brothers are 

 my brothers ; the children of my mother's 

 brothers and my father's sisters are my cou- 

 sins; the children of my mother's sisters 

 are my second cousins. This distinction be- 

 tween brothers and cousins is but fanciful ; 

 all the children of the brothers and sisters 

 of my parents are my brothers and sisters, 

 but distinguished as belonging to the tay- 

 peaon or e-peaon class, according to the rela- 

 tionship in which their parents stood to mine 



The sisters of a mother, as also the sisters of 

 one's wife, are designated e. As written by 

 the Chinese, the character for e is composed 

 of two other characters, meaning " woman" 

 and "foreign." Tan and seaon are "great" 

 anil "small." Tn-e-ma is thus "great out- 

 siile mamma," and seaon-e-ma = small out- 

 side mamma. 



The e is the same word as in e-ma - 

 sister. 



= mother's 



