Who is great great uncle?

Who is great great uncle?

A great-uncle/granduncle/grand-uncle is the brother of one’s grandparent.

How do you address a Chinese relative?

  1. Tai Ye – Your dad’s paternal grandfather.
  2. Tai Tai – Your dad’s paternal grandmother.
  3. Ye Ye/Zu Fu – Your paternal grandfather.
  4. Nai Nai/Zu Mu – Your paternal grandmother.
  5. Bo Bo – Your dad’s older brother.
  6. Bo Mu – Your dad’s older brother’s wife.
  7. Shu Shu – Your dad’s younger brother.
  8. Shen Shen – Your dad’s younger brother’s wife.

What does Ayi mean in Chinese?

For a lot of expats in China, ayi, or domestic helpers, are an essential part of home life. Ayi not only clean and run errands, many also help take care of children, cook and help their employers keep their lives together as they navigate work, family and the outside world in a new country.

What Po Po means?

US slang. : police Flashing lights in the rearview mirror.

What does Ayi stand for?

AYI

Acronym Definition
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. (stock symbol; Atlanta, GA)
AYI Academy of Young Investors
AYI Alaska Youth Initiative
AYI African Youth Initiative (est. 2001)

What is my great grandmother’s uncle to me?

Your grandmother’s sister (or sister-in-law) is most correctly called your grandaunt. However great aunt is the more commonly, although inaccurately, used term. Likewise your grandmother’s brother is your granduncle, or commonly great uncle.

What does Wai Po mean in Chinese?

maternal grandmother
Both lao lao and wai po (links in Chinese) refer to one’s maternal grandmother, according to the Xinhua online dictionary, which people use to look up words in China. Shanghainese is part of the Wu family of Chinese languages, known for containing notoriously difficult dialects (paywall).

What do you call paternal aunt in Chinese?

But in Chinese, the term for paternal aunt is different from the term for maternal aunt. Take that concept, and apply it to all the other relatives you have — aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and everyone in between. That’s a lot of terms! Recently, I attended a family dinner to celebrate my paternal grandfather’s birthday.

How is my grandmother related to Uncle Harold?

In my own family, my grandmother’s brother lived with her in their later years. We always called him Uncle Harold and if someone asked how he was related, we would say he was great-uncle Harold (not grand-uncle Harold). In turn, I’m now referred to as a great-aunt to my niece’s son.

What’s the difference between Great and grand aunts?

“Grand” shows that it is one generation away; “great” is supposed to be added to generations beyond “grand.” But like so many other words in the English language, there’s the dictionary definition and then there’s how it’s commonly used. In my own family, my grandmother’s brother lived with her in their later years.

What do you call your grandparents in Cantonese?

Grandparents and Great-Grandparents English Cantonese Paternal Grandmother 嫲嫲 [maa 4 maa 4] Paternal Grandfather 爺爺 [je 4 je 4] Maternal Grandmother 外婆 [ngoi 6 po 4] Casual/Spoken Variant: Maternal Grandfather 外公 [ngoi 6 gung 1] Casual/Spoken Variant

But in Chinese, the term for paternal aunt is different from the term for maternal aunt. Take that concept, and apply it to all the other relatives you have — aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and everyone in between. That’s a lot of terms! Recently, I attended a family dinner to celebrate my paternal grandfather’s birthday.

Who is the Russian Farmer married to a Chinese woman?

When the Russian great-grandmother remarried, to a man from China’s Shandong province, the family adopted the Han surname of Dong (董). Three generations later, the Heilongjiang farmer speaks no Russian, is married to a Han woman, has two children, and sells his hometown specialties for a living.

Who is the farmer from Heilongjiang who looks Chinese?

Like other farmer-turned-livestreamers, Dong shares mostly the minutiae of his everyday life: the freezing winters in Heilongjiang, the yellow weasels that invade his fields, and traditional Chinese family reunions. But unlike the vast majority of Chinese nationals who are of Han descent, the Heilongjiang native does not look “Chinese” at all.

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