How to Say Family Members in Chinese?| How to say Words & Phrases in Chinese
From the intuitive and comprehensive Chinese Family Tree, you can clearly know how to address a family member. We use the most commonly-used addresses in Mandarin Chinese, so if you master most of the family members in Chinese, it's easy to communicate with a native Chinese. To help you understand your family members in Chinese, we list the useful vocabularies as below.
Immediate Family
Father：
Mother：
Brother：
Sister：
Husband：
Wife：
Son：
Daughter：
Grandparents
Grandfather：
Grandmother：
Grandchildren
Grandson：
Granddaughter：
Uncles：
Aunts：
Cousins：
(father's brother's son who is older than you.)
(father's brother's son who is younger than you.)
(father's brother's daughter who is older than you.)
(father's brother's daughter who is younger than you.)
(mother's brother/sister's son who is older than you.)(father's sister's son who is older than you.)
(mother's brother/sister's son who is younger than you.)(father's sister's son who is younger than you.)
(mother's brother/sister's daughter who is older than you.)(father's sister's daughter who is older than you.)
(mother's brother/sister's daughter who is younger than you.)(father's sister's daughter who is younger than you.)
Nephews & Nieces：
In-laws
Father-in-law：
Mother-in-law：
Son-in-law:
Daughter-in-law:
Brother-in-law:
Sister-in-law:
Vocabulary
Family:
Relative：
Spouse：
Parent：
Grandparent：
Child：
Kid：
Siblings：
Expansion
Chinese people often talk about family, here we give some colloquial dialogues.
Do you live alone or with your family?
I live with my family.
How old is your grandmother?
She is 72 years old.
Do you have siblings?
I have an elder brother and a younger sister.
What does your elder brother do?
He is an engineer.
Are you married?
I have been married for 3 years.
What does your wife do?
She is a teacher.
Do you have kids?
I have two sons.
Where did you go last weekend?
I went to my aunt's house.
