Learning : How To Address Other Family Members
Abstract : Our life is circled around our family members. When you introduce your family members to your Chinese friends you would need to know how you address them. Try applying what you learnt on your brothers or sisters and surprise them with you Mandarin.
Dàjiā hǎo, huānyíng lái Yellow Belt. We have only learned how to say “dad or father” in Chinese, that is “bàba”. But this is not enough, as we specify every family members in Chinese. Those relations are very important, we need to do it properly. Let's take a look at the basic vocabularies.
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māma |
妈妈 |
mom/mother |
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gēge |
哥哥 |
elder brother |
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dìdi |
弟弟 |
younger brother |
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jiějie |
姐姐 |
elder sister |
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mèimei |
妹妹 |
younger sister |
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xiōngdìjiěmèi |
兄弟姐妹 |
brothers and sisters/ siblings |
