w de jip = My Family Tree

Key:
For synonyms, terms are
listed from left to right, in
order of less formal to
more formal
Formal, literary terms are
in (parenthesis)

bbo / bf = dad's
older brother
bm = his wife
ggu / gm = dad's
older/younger sister
gfu = her husband

yye / (zf ) =
dad's dad
ninai / (zm ) =
dad's mom

tngg = older male cousin

tngji = older female cousin
zhzi = brother's son
gge = older brother
sozi = his wife

jijie = older sister

jifu = her husband
bba / (fqn ) = dad
shshu = dad's younger
brother
shnshen = his wife

wigong / (wizf
) = mom's dad
wip / lolao /
(wizm ) = mom's
mom

jijiu = mom's
older/younger brother
jim = his wife
mma / (mqn ) = mom

ym / y = mom's
older/younger sister
yfu = her husband

Tip for grandparents:

wi = mother's family

zhn = brother's
daughter

w = me
logong / zhngfu =
husband
lop / qzi / titai
/ frn = wife
ddi = younger brother
dmi / dx = his wife
mimei = younger sister
mifu = her husband

Tips for marriages:

m = mother
f = father (older
generation)
f = husband (same
generation)
f = woman (it just
exists to confuse us)

snzi = son's son

rzi = son
rxfu = daughterin-law

snn = son's daughter

wisn = daughter's son

n'r = daughter
nxu = son-in-law

wisnn = daughter's
daughter

wisheng = sister's son

wishengn =
sister's daughter

biod = younger male cousin

biomi = younger female cousin

Tips for cousins:

tng = father's side
bio = mother's side

Tips for grandchildren:

wi = mother's family
sn = grandchild
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