Hokkien kinship
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Hokkien kinship system (simplified Chinese: 亲情; traditional Chinese: 親情; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chiâⁿ) is the kinship system for Hokkien language users.
Common Hokkien family and terminology[edit]
Members of the nuclear family[edit]
| Primary Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relation | Term | Vocative | English equivalent | ||
| Hàn-jī | Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Hàn-jī | Pe̍h-ōe-jī | ||
| father | 父 爸 |
hū pē, pa, pâ, pah |
阿爸 爸爸 |
a-pah pah-pah |
father |
| mother | 母 媽 |
bú, bó mah |
阿母 媽媽 |
a-bú, a-bó má-mah |
mother |
| elder brother | 兄 | hiaⁿ | 阿兄 | a-hiaⁿ | brother |
| elder sister | 姊 | ché, chí | 阿姊 | a-ché, a-chí | sister |
| younger brother | 弟 | tī | 小弟 | sió-tī | brother |
| younger sister | 妹 | mōe, bē | 小妹 | sió-mōe, sió-bē | sister |
| wife | 某 | bó͘ | 家後 牽手 |
ke-āu khan-chhiú |
wife |
| husband | 翁 | ang | 翁 頭家 |
ang thâu-ke |
husband |
| son | 囝 | kiáⁿ | 後生 囝 |
hāu-seⁿ, hāu-siⁿ kiáⁿ |
son |
| daughter | 查某囝 | cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ | 查某囝 | cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ | daughter |