Mauschi Posted April 8, 2009 at 09:55 PM Report Posted April 8, 2009 at 09:55 PM Hello everybody, I'm half chinese. My dad is a chinese who grew up in Indonesia. His parents emigrated from southern China to Indonesia so I think my family speaks Hokkien. Now my question: How do I call them ( and pinyin) ? - 4 older brothers+wifes + sons and daughters(cousins) - 5 older sisters + husbands+ sons and daughters(cousins) - 2 younger sisters +husbands+ sons and daughters(cousins) Please help me !!! !!! Quote
Lu Posted April 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM Report Posted April 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM Have you asked your father yet? He'll have the best answers. Quote
Stefani Posted April 10, 2009 at 03:35 AM Report Posted April 10, 2009 at 03:35 AM Hi Mauschi, I am Chinese Indonesian, too :-) Do your father's siblings live in Indonesia or in China? If in China, you can probably use the Mandarin terms. Unfortunately I don't know the Pinyin, but the Hokien terms with Indonesian spelling is as follows: father's older brother: mpek, his wife: wak father's older sister: ko, her husband - I don't know (I call him Om, which is the Dutch word) father's younger sister: I don't know For cousins, I call them like they are my siblings, so koh (like "gege" in Mandarin) and ci (like "jiejie" in Mandarin). Hopefully others will chime in. Quote
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