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Family in Mandarin

39 words from the HSK 1–4 core vocabulary, each with pinyin, its meaning, an example sentence and audio.

• 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad
• 弟弟 dì di younger brother
• 儿子 ér zi son
• 哥哥 gē ge older brother
• 孩子 hái zi child
• 家人 jiā rén family member
• 姐姐 jiě jie older sister
• 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister
• 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
• 女儿 nǚ ér daughter
• 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
• 爷爷 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
• 家庭 jiā tíng family; household
• 全家 quán jiā whole family
• 太太 tài tai married woman
• 姓 xìng family name; surname
• 父母 fù mǔ father and mother; parents
• 父亲 fù qīn father
• 家属 jiā shǔ family member
• 结婚 jié hūn to marry; to get married
• 母亲 mǔ qīn mother
• 亲 qīn parent
• 亲人 qīn rén one's close relatives
• 子女 zǐ nǚ children; sons and daughters
• 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt
• 大哥 dà gē eldest brother
• 大姐 dà jiě big sister
• 大妈 dà mā father's elder brother's wife
• 大爷 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother
• 儿童 ér tóng child
• 夫妇 fū fù a (married) couple
• 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple
• 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband
• 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife
• 妻子 qī zi wife
• 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother; paternal uncle
• 孙女 sūn nǚ son's daughter
• 童话 tóng huà children's fairy tales