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SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY 



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



Description of persona. 



Relationships in Chinese. 



Translation. 



Etymological explanations. 



167. My brother-in-law (husband's bro.) 



168. " brother-in-law (sister's husb'd) 



169. " brother-in-law (wife's sister's 



husband). 



170. " brother-in-law (wife's brother) . 



Wo-tS ta-poh-yay. 



" seaon-shuh-tsze . 



taze 



-fa, 





ta 



-kew. 



171. " brother-in-law (husband's sis- 



ter's husband). 



172. " sister-in-law (wife's sister) 



" kfl-chang-kung . . 



ta-5. ... 

 " seaon-e . 



173. " sister-in-law (husband's sister) 



174. " sister-in-law (bro.'s wife, male 



speaking). 



" ta-kfi (o) seaon-ku- 

 tsey. (y) 



" saon-tsze 



" shin-tsze . . 



175. " sister-in-law (bro.'s wife, female tsin-tsze 



speaking). 



176. " sister-in-law (husband's bro.'s 



wife). 



177. " sister-in-law (wife's brother's ts'iu-tsze 



wife). 



178. Twins.... 



179. Widow... 



180. Widower . 



1. The daughter of the daughter of one 



Bister to the daughter of the daugh- 

 ter of the other sister. 



2. The son of the son of one sister to the 



son of the son of the other sister. 



3. The son of the son of one sister to the 



daughter of the daugh'r of the other 

 sister. 



4. The daughter of the son of one sister 



to the son of the daughter of the 

 other sister. 



5. The daughter of the daughter of the 



daughter of cue sister to the daugh- 

 ter of the daughter of the daughter 

 of the other sister. 



1. The gon of the son of one brother to 

 the son of the son of the other bro- 

 ther. 



2. The daughter of the daughter of one 



brother to the daughter of the daugh- 

 ter of the other brother. 



3. The son of the son of one brother to 



the daughter of the daughter of the 

 other brother. 



4. The son of the son of the son of one 



brother to the son of the son of the 

 son of the other brother. 



Shwang-sung 



Kwa-ffl 



Kw.vn.in . , 



E-peaon-tsze-mei 



E-peaon-heung-te . . . 

 E-peaon-heung-mei . 



E-peaon-henng mei . 

 E-peaon-tsze-mei . . . 



My husband's elder brother. 

 " " junior " 



" younger sister?s husban(l - 

 The husband of a wife's sister. 

 " " " " younger 



sister. 



My elder or younger brother. 



Tsung-tang-henng-te 



Peaon-tsze-mei 



Peaon-heung-mei 



Woo-she-tang-henng-te . . 



" husband's sister's husband. 



" elder sister of wife. 



" younger sister of wife. 



" great and little sister-in-law. 



" elder brother's wife. 



" younger brother's wife. 



" brother's wife. 



" husband's older brother's wife 



" " younger " ' 



" wife's brother's wife. 



Double, or rather a pair birth. 

 Lone woman. 

 Lone man. 



Sisters of the e-peaon class. 



Brothers " " " 



Brother and sister of the e-peaon 

 class. 



Brother and sister of the e-peaon 



class. 



Sisters of the e-peaon class. 



Brothers of the tang class. 



Sisters " " " 



Brother and sister of the (any class 



Brothers of the tang class, fifth 

 generation. 



The words poh and shuli are applied to the 

 brothers of a father, as also to those of a 

 husband. These names for brother-in-law 

 seem taken from the relationship in which 

 they will stand to the children of the lady 

 speaking. 



Kin is that part of a garment which, folding 

 over, is joined and fastened by clasps or 

 buttons. 



This same kew is used for " mother's brother.' 1 

 Thus, while a wife designates her husband's 

 brothers by the same terms she applies to 

 her paternal uncles, a husband applies to his 

 wife's brothers the word (Jcew~) he would use 

 in speaking of his maternal uncle. Again, 

 my wife's brother will be to my child in a 

 kew relationship. 



Ku is applied to the mother and sisters of 

 one's husband, and also to the sisters ol 

 one's father chang-lcunr/, husband. 



The sisters of one's mother and wife go by 

 the same name "e" ; ta and seaon = large 

 and small = elder and younger. 



Saon is an elder brother's wife ; shuh t 

 younger brother's wife. The wife of a shuh 

 fit, father's younger brother, is also stylec 

 shin. 



My great mother, i. e., wife of one's husband's 

 elder brother. 



A-shin as above in shin-tsze. 



From this it would appear that the names 

 by which people address their brothers and 

 sisters-in-law are derived from the names 

 which would be applied to such individuals 

 by the children born, their nephews and 

 nieces. 



rhe point from which anything begins is 

 called tsung. Thus, while these two people 

 are brothers of the tang class, the tsung pre- 

 fixed shows that they are some generations 

 removed from their common progenitor 

 their great grandfather. 



