{"id":182103,"date":"2023-11-11T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/family-in-chinese-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T06:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:28:25","slug":"family-in-chinese-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/family-in-chinese-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family in Chinese: 51 Essential Chinese Family Vocabulary Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To say that family is important in Chinese culture would be an understatement. <a href=\"https:\/\/china-journal.org\/2016\/03\/14\/filial-piety-in-chinese-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The concept of filial piety<\/a> is a central component of Chinese culture, and has echoes in Chinese society to this day.<\/p>\n<p>From addressing your elders with respect to discussing relationships within your family, Chinese family words play a vital role in daily conversations. Navigate the complex paths of familial connections in the Chinese language with the 51 terms below.<\/p>\n<p>[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n<h2>Immediate Family Members<\/h2>\n<p>Before we delve into in-laws and paternal and maternal family words, here are the eight most common and essential family words you need to know. These are the first words you should memorize!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u7236\u4eb2<\/strong> <em>(f\u00f9 q\u012bn)<\/em> \u2014 Father<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u6bcd\u4eb2<\/strong><em> (m\u01d4 q\u012bn)<\/em> \u2014 Mother<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u513f\u5b50<\/strong> <em>(\u00e9r zi)<\/em> \u2014 Son<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u5973\u513f<\/strong> <em>(n\u01da \u00e9r)<\/em> \u2014 Daughter<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u4e08\u592b<\/strong><em> (zh\u00e0ng fu)<\/em> \u2014 Husband<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u59bb\u5b50<\/strong> <em>(q\u012b zi)<\/em> \u2014 Wife<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u5144\u5f1f<\/strong> <em>(xi\u014dng d\u00ec)<\/em> \u2014 Brother<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u59d0\u59b9<\/strong> <em>(ji\u011b m\u00e8i)<\/em> \u2014 Sister<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extended Family Members<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1437777\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1437777\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Chinese<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-f421b64b879a2b9fe1065cc21aa67d87-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7956\u7236        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>z\u01d4 f\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grandfather (paternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-b8df7e0f0dc9974261e4132631a7d3fa-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7956\u6bcd        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>z\u01d4 m\u01d4<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grandmother (paternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-2c5f2823040131cda4c9cadc21001674-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5916\u7956\u7236        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>w\u00e0i z\u01d4 f\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grandfather (maternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-6c5cdcde5ad5be385dd9f88c66b6d46e-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5916\u7956\u6bcd        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>w\u00e0i z\u01d4 m\u01d4<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grandmother (maternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-b25d78653337c9eca807be15d607de51-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u53d4\u53d4        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>sh\u016b shu<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Uncle (paternal younger brother of father)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-d0160f65bbc611543828dcc5ec690ed5-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u963f\u59e8        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>\u0101 y\u00ed<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aunt (paternal sister of father)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e221c03770c003dd430b33297bad991b-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4f2f\u4f2f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>b\u00f3 bo<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Uncle (paternal older brother of father)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-f656ce4352b6cc0d6176ced531ed1bf9-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5a76\u5a76        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>sh\u011bn shen<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aunt (paternal wife of father's older brother)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e5c2ecf6cc29b532b645800926e8d09d-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u8205\u8205        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u00f9 jiu<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Uncle (maternal brother of mother)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-a9239f32f067c1e4e683ea77cc2e6f10-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59e8\u5988        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>y\u00ed m\u0101<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aunt (maternal sister of mother)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-c05666f829eb0991261d9a1b3d0123ae-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5802\u5144\u5f1f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>t\u00e1ng xi\u014dng d\u00ec<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cousin (paternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-f16eb919e51b9a763bba0b02d9dd7d96-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u8868\u5144\u5f1f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>bi\u01ceo xi\u014dng d\u00ec<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cousin (maternal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1437777 from cache -->\n<h2>In-Laws and Relatives by Marriage<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1447777\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1447777\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Chinese<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-76ad10dd384db210502e0b355a5ddf44-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5cb3\u7236        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>yu\u00e8 f\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Father-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-9354af7596afc09aff6f27291681208d-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5cb3\u6bcd        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>yu\u00e8 m\u01d4<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mother-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-04cceae9e5994d36c0559192e2ac1010-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59d0\u592b        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u011b f\u016b<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sister's husband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-aa31f4333b013c3cff2448a70bc7c8a7-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59b9\u592b        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>m\u00e8i f\u016b<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Younger sister's husband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-77910d8df3f2fbb204616800c7cc7ca7-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59d0\u5a7f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u011b x\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Husband of one's own sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-04fb4372527928ca83089336e731252f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59b9\u5a7f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>m\u00e8i x\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Husband of younger sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e5c2ecf6cc29b532b645800926e8d09d-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u8205\u8205        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u00f9 jiu<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mother's brother-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-52b4a906f8cb5016cc77482105856c0b-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59e8\u592b        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>y\u00ed f\u016b<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aunt's husband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-9417b23d7e9aa96f197a2a16e488ccb5-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59fb\u4eb2        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>y\u012bn q\u012bn<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">In-laws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1447777 from cache -->\n<h2>How to Address Family Members<\/h2>\n<p>You know who &#8220;mother&#8221; refers to, but you&#8217;d probably never call your mom that! So how do you actually address your family members? Use these terms:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1457777\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1457777\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Chinese<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-0d00c80f61a7b01b91409c2b55571e46-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7238\u7238        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>b\u00e0 ba<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e6c7ee60031d5bd7bcfabf626ca34cf8-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5988\u5988        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>m\u0101 ma<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e571dca2d01f083fd99e2db6d4bcb28b-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7237\u7237        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>y\u00e9 ye<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Paternal grandfather<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-2144381adea9c9d4698b75af93638eea-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5976\u5976        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>n\u01cei nai<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Paternal grandmother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-ba120127ceb49c0c9ca83fc1fc62508c-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5916\u516c        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>w\u00e0i g\u014dng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Maternal grandfather (used in Southern China)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-ba120127ceb49c0c9ca83fc1fc62508c-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5916\u516c        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>w\u00e0i g\u014dng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Maternal grandmother (used in Southern China)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-526ffc1e14f3153c19d12cd7c7a69d0f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59e5\u7237        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>l\u01ceo ye<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Maternal grandfather (used in Northern China)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-4135eae4b0d52fb061ea8a5cbc9ee3b1-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59e5\u59e5        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>l\u01ceo lao<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Maternal grandmother (used in Northern China)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-39af35e7b7d1362bc9b12c1fde30c178-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u54e5\u54e5        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>g\u0113 ge<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Older brother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-427034659a1ba05f529b72e639b4481f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5f1f\u5f1f        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>d\u00ec di<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Younger brother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-033e1fb01ca6d2633d45c2f800b6b82f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59d0\u59d0        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u011b jie<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Older sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-1c097b12de69ce382994b1637bfe7d0e-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u59b9\u59b9        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>m\u00e8i mei<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Younger sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1457777 from cache -->\n<h2>More Chinese Family Vocabulary<\/h2>\n<p>Keep the conversation rolling with some more vocabulary words related to families.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1467777\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1467777\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Chinese<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-25f8fed448c6d619640bcf3308441994-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5e86\u795d        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>q\u00ecng zh\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Celebrate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-6b590faf6da9a681ebdacf82229df46f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4e60\u4fd7        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>x\u00ed s\u00fa<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Custom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-b506efd543cf092f4dcf4fa0298477da-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4eb2\u7231 \u7684        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>q\u012bn \u00e0i de<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dear (term of endearment)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-29a912df97e114f05487693861ad5ec8-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4eb2\u60c5        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>q\u012bn q\u00edng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Famile affection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-91c0980051e4c54204d25e703b9ce262-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5bb6\u5ead\u6d3b\u52a8        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u0101 t\u00edng hu\u00f3 d\u00f2ng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Family activity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-a7d58bb8ed4e76aaa07e9d3bd82b69bd-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5bb6\u5ead\u805a\u4f1a        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u0101 t\u00edng j\u00f9 hu\u00ec<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Family gathering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-e1e33525b9f147290a10a78ea2af4868-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5bb6\u4eba        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>ji\u0101 r\u00e9n<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Family members<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-258bd2ff0350b426f384310e1ab74013-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5408\u5bb6\u56e2\u5706        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>h\u00e9 ji\u0101 tu\u00e1n yu\u00e1n<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Family reuinion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-1788182b43fbc2f71c0e56f580c79c2e-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u611f\u6069        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>g\u01cen \u0113n<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Gratitude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-43bb64a94b8cd86945b388e05887d1c1-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7956\u4f20        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>z\u01d4 chu\u00e1n<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Inherited from ancestors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-cfc7f7081b539afb9e41d624dbfd53f9-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4eb2\u5bc6        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>q\u012bn m\u00ec<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Intimate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/v1-8f743c2c688f153105c795acba557f80-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7231        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>\u00e0i<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-eefd831645b66f7168b6575192b36bf0-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5173\u7cfb        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>gu\u0101n xi<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Relationship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-adfc640ec347945cb4a7e0251e5a4312-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u5c0a\u91cd        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>z\u016bn zh\u00f2ng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Respect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-262b0b07dfd0cad4cb8eb442fee44882-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u652f\u6301        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>zh\u012b ch\u00ed<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-7cede61efe156f28772325726f72a1ca-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u7167\u987e        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>zh\u00e0o g\u00f9<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Take care of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-b30a2d148976030159f6aa5daec47c5f-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4f20\u7edf        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>chu\u00e1n t\u01d2ng<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tradition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/v1-ba871361454dd259b352f747bd331451-neural-Zhiyu.mp3\" class=\"tts-link\">\u4fe1\u4efb        <\/a>\n    <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>x\u00ecn r\u00e8n<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Trust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1467777 from cache -->\n<p>Learn more family words or practice the ones on this list through a program like FluentU, which teaches Chinese through a combination of native Chinese-language videos and multimedia learning tools. <span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><p><strong>FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning 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