Chinese Family Titles

Joachim
November 25, 2007, 11:00 AM posted in General Discussion
This is basically just a link to this website http://www.mandarintools.com/family.html which let's you explore the intricacies of Chinese family relationships terms. So, next time you meet your wife's father's younger brother, be prepared to address him properly!
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henning
November 25, 2007, 11:16 AM

That page led me directly to the uber-family-title-collection: http://www.kwanfamily.info/familytitles/familytitle.html It goes all the way to the Great-great-grandparents Generation. Do not think you will never need those words.

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goulnik
November 25, 2007, 05:37 PM

henning, your link is great for terms but there's supposed to be a chart which doesn't seem to come up. A chart (i.e. a double tree) is really best to show those terms, I have one in a book and it does show the logic of the names - albeit convoluted, there is a logic !