Relatives

The following vocabulary list features vocabulary words from the HSK centered around the topic of relative. In some cases the HSK vocabulary might be a bit lacking, and we may follow it will additional vocabulary we recommend for a fuller discussion on the topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
爸爸	bàba	dad	HSK 1
妈妈	māma	mom, mommy, mama	HSK 1
哥哥	gēge	older brother	HSK 2
弟弟	dìdi	younger brother	HSK 2
姐姐	jiějie	older sister	HSK 2
妹妹	mèimei	younger sister; young woman	HSK 2
阿姨	āyí	maternal aunt;; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one\'s parents	HSK 3
奶奶	nǎinai	paternal grandmother	HSK 3
叔叔	shūshu	uncle, father's younger brother	HSK 3
爷爷	yéye	paternal grandfather	HSK 3
父亲	fùqin	father	HSK 4
母亲	mǔqīn	mother	HSK 4
亲戚	qīnqi	relatives	HSK 4
孙子	sūnzi	grandson	HSK 4
姥姥	lǎolao	maternal grandmother	HSK 5
舅舅	jiùjiu	uncle (mother's brother)	HSK 5
外公	wàigōng	(coll.) mother's father/maternal grandfather	HSK 5
兄弟	xiōngdì	bros	HSK 5
姑姑	gūgu	paternal aunt	HSK 5
岳母	yuèmǔ	mother-in-law	HSK 6
伯母	bómǔ	aunt, wife of father's elder brother	HSK 6
祖父	zǔfù	paternal grandfather, father's father	HSK 6

Additional Vegetable Vocabulary

These words are not on the current official HSK list, but you may find them useful for your discussions on this topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
侄子	zhízi	nephew (brother's son)	B1
侄女	zhínǚ	niece	B1
表哥	biǎogē	older male cousin via female line	B2
表姐	biǎojiě	older female cousin via female line	B2
堂哥	tánggē	cousin (older male on one's father's side)	B2
堂姐	tángjiě	older female patrilineal cousin	B2
外甥	wàishēng	nephew	B2
外甥女	wàishengnǚ	sister's daughter;wife's sibling's daughter	B2
姨妈	yímā	(coll.) mother's sister	B2
舅妈	jiùmā	maternal uncle's wife	B2
姑妈	gūmā	(coll.) father's married sister	B2
姨夫	yífu	mother's sister's husband	B2
姑父	gūfu	father's sister's husband	B2
姥爷	lǎoye	maternal grandfather (dialectal)	B2
外婆	wàipó	maternal grandmother	B2
岳父	yuèfù	father-in-law	B2
祖母	zǔmǔ	paternal grandmother, father's mother	B2
外祖父	wàizǔfù	maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)	B2
外祖母	wàizǔmǔ	mother's mother/maternal grandmother	B2

See also

• HSK Nouns (all HSK levels' noun lists together)