Lesson 5 Vocabulary List
| Aunt | 姑媽gu ma (father’s older sister), 姑姐gu je (father’s younger sister), 姨媽yi ma (mother’s older sister),阿姨ah yi (mother’s younger sister) |
| Brother-in-law | 大伯dai bak (husband’s elder brother), 叔仔suk jai (husband’s younger brother), 大舅dai kau (wife’s elder borhter), 舅仔kau jai (wife’s younger brother),姐夫je fu (elder sister’s husband), 妹夫mui fu (younger sister’s husband) |
| Brothers (general) | 兄弟hing dai |
| Children | 細路sai lo,仔女jai lui |
| Cousins (general) | 堂兄弟姊妹tong hing dai je mui (paternal),表兄弟姊妹bui hing dai je mui (maternal) |
| Cousin – paternal: | 堂哥tong go (older male), 堂弟tong dai (younger male)堂姊tong je (older female), 堂妹tong mui (younger female) |
| – maternal: | 表哥bui go (older male), 表弟biu dai (younger male)表姊biu je (older female), 表妹biu mui (younger female) |
| Daughter | 女lui |
| Daughter-in-law | 新抱 sun po |
| Engaged | 訂婚 ding fun |
| Family | 屋企人 uk kai yun |
| Father | 爸巴ba ba, 爹哋de de, 老豆lo dou(informal) |
| Father-in-law | 岳父auk fu /外父oi fu (wife’s father),老爺lo ye (husband’s father) |
| Grandfather | 公公kung kung (maternal), 阿爺ah ye (paternal) |
| Grandmother | 婆婆por por (maternal), 阿嫲ah ma (paternal) |
| Grandparents | 外祖父母oi jo fu mo (maternal) , 祖父母jo fu mo (paternal) |
| Husband | 先生sin san, 老公lo kung (informal) |
| Married | 已婚 yi fun |
| Mother | 嫲媽ma ma, 媽咪ma mi, 老母lo mo(informal) |
| Mother-in-law | 岳母auk mo /外母oi mo (wife’s mother), 奶奶lai lai /家婆ga por (husband’s mother) |
| Nephew | 姪jut (paternal) 姨甥yi sang (maternal) |
| Niece | 姪女jut lui (paternal), 外甥女oi sang lui (maternal) |
| Older brother | 哥哥gor gor, 大佬dai lo (informal) |
| Older sister | 姐姐je je, 家姐ga je (informal) |
| Parents | 父母 fu mo |
| Sisters (general) | 姊妹 ji mui |
| Sister-in-law | 姑奶gu lai (husband’s elder sister), 姑仔gu jai (husband’s younger sister),大姨dai yi (wife’s elder sister), 姨仔yi jai (wife’s younger sister),阿嫂ah so (older brother’s wife), 弟婦dai fu (younger brother’s wife) |
| Son | 仔jai |
| Son-in-law | 女婿 lui sei |
| Uncle | 阿伯ah bak (father’s older brother), 阿叔ah suk (father’s younger brother), 舅父kau fu (mother’s older brother), 舅父kau fu (mother’s younger brother) |
| Unmarried/Single | 未婚mei fun /單身dan sun |
| Widowed | 守寡 sout gwa |
| Wife | 太太tai tai, 老婆lo por (informal) |
| Younger brother | 弟弟dai dai, 細佬sai lo (informal) |
| Younger sister | 妹妹mui mui, 細妹sai mui (informal) |