semantic nuance Posted February 10, 2011 at 09:39 AM Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 at 09:39 AM The wife of my father's elder brother is called 伯母, (younger brother's wife: 嬸嬸). My nephew calls my 嬸嬸 as 嬸婆. I have no problem answering his question about what he should call my father's elder brother's wife in Taiwanese. However, it beat me when my little nephew asked me how to say that in Chinese. Any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 10, 2011 at 10:20 AM Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 at 10:20 AM Whose son is your nephew? PS - would this help? (Note that it does not distinguish between 嬸嬸 and 伯母, thus there is only 嬸婆 for a generation down) -> http://www.expatinta...t/family-names/ Here we use 伯娘 instead of 伯母. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semantic nuance Posted February 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM My brother's son calls me 姑姑, so my 嬸嬸 is his 嬸婆. But I cannot find a term to tell him what he should call my 伯母. That link you posted does not have a term for that either. 叔公 -嬸婆. 伯公--? How does my nephew call 伯公 's wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 10, 2011 at 01:07 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 at 01:07 PM Would 老奶奶 do (I am being creative here)? And tell him to ask his father, or your 伯母 direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 10, 2011 at 01:25 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 at 01:25 PM It has just occurred to me : how about 祖伯母？ Some people actually use it. Take a look -> http://dianeyang37.pixnet.net/blog/post/44004314 Also take a look at this -> http://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%A1%8D%E7%BE%A9%E8%A3%9C/%E5%8D%B7053 《爾雅》曰：父為考，母為妣（生曰父母，死曰考妣）。父之考為王父，父之妣為王母（今稱祖父、祖母）。王父之考為曾祖王父，王父之妣為曾祖王母（曾猶重也，今稱曾祖父、曾祖母）。曾祖王父之考為高祖王父，曾祖王父之妣為高祖王母（高者言最在上，今稱高祖父、高祖母）。父之世父、叔父為從祖祖父，父之世母、叔母為從祖祖母（與祖同行輩者，今稱祖伯父、祖伯母）。父之晜（與昆同）弟，先生為世父，後生為叔父（與父同輩行者）。 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semantic nuance Posted February 11, 2011 at 02:14 AM Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 at 02:14 AM Thank you very much, skylee. 我長知識了!! 謝謝! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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