OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. 



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



Description of persons. 



Relationships in Chinese. 



Translation. 



Etymological explanations. 



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



son of the son of the brother's sister. 



2. The daughter of the daughter of a bro- 



ther to the daughter of the daughter 

 of the brother's sister. 



3. The son of the son 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 dnnghter of one 



sister to the daughter of the daugh- 

 ter of the daugh'r of the other sister. 



2. The son of the son of one brother to 



the daughter of the son of the son 

 of the other brother. 



3. The daughter of the daughter of one 



brother to the son of the son of the 

 son of the brother's sister. 



Peaon-heung-te 

 Peaou-tsze-mei . , 



Peaon-heung-mei . 

 Peaon-heung-te . . 



The second is the e-suny- 

 new of the first. 



The second is the chih-lr 

 of the first. 



The first is the peaon-lu- 

 mo of the second. 



Brothers of the peaon 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 chih 

 class. 



A father's sisters are called kii-mo. 



In the present relationship, the first is a & 

 mo of the peaon class to the second. 



