Chinese vocabulary for family

家 – jiā- family

爷爷  yéye   paternal grandpa                                        姥爷   lǎoye    maternal grandpa

奶奶 – nǎi nai  paternal grandma                              姥姥   lǎolao   maternal grandma

叔叔- shūshu  uncle(father’s younger brother)         舅舅   jiùjiu    uncle （mother’s brother）

姑姑—gūgu  aunt(father’sister)                                    姨妈   yímā     aunt (mother’s sister)

伯伯—bóbo uncle(father’s older brother)                  妈妈   māma   mom

爸爸—bàba dad

姐姐  jiějie   older sister

哥哥  gēge   older brother

弟弟  dìdi    younger sister

妹妹  méimei    younger brother

女儿  nǚér

儿子  érzi

孩子  háizi

Practice this conversation

Nǐjiā yǒu jǐkǒurén?

—— 你家有几口人？

Wǒjiā yǒu sìkǒu rén, bàba,māma hé wǒ.

——我家有四口人，爸爸、妈妈和我。

The Chinese family tree are quite complicated. For example, there are actually several different words for aunt, uncle, and cousin. Want to know more, check out on our other posts“Chinese family tree”to learn more.