AP Chinese Vocabulary Barron's Topic 11: Family

家庭生活

Family life (jiātíng shēnghuó)

代

generation (dài)

出身

origin (chū shēn)

后代

descendant (hòu dài)

血缘

blood relationship (xuè yuán)

成员

member (chéng yuán)

祖父

father's father (zǔ fù)

祖母

father's mother (zǔ mǔ)

外祖父

mother's father (wài zǔ fù)

外祖母

mother's mother (wài zǔ mǔ)

父母

parents (fù mǔ)

父亲

father (fù qīn)

母亲

mother (mǔ qīn)

继父

stepfather (jì fù)

继母

stepmother (jì mǔ)

养父

Adopted Father (yǎng fù)

养母

adopted mother (yǎng mǔ)

哥哥

older brother (gēge)

姐姐

older sister (jiějie)

弟弟

younger brother (dìdi)

妹妹

younger sister (mèimei)

亲属

Relatives (qīnshǔ)

亲戚

relatives (qīnqi)

姑母

father's Sister (gūmǔ)

姨妈

mother's sister (yí mā)

大伯

father's elder brother (dà bó)

叔叔

father's younger brother (shūshu)

子女

children (zǐ nǚ)

尊敬

respect (zūnjìng)

长辈

elders (zhǎng bèi)

晚辈

younger generation (wǎnbèi)

平辈

Person of the Same Generation (píng bèi)

平等

equal (píng deng)

期望

hope; expectation, to expect (qīwàng)

单亲

single parent (dānqīn)

夫妇

husband and wife (fūfù)

婚姻

marriage (hūnyīn)

结婚

to get married (jié hūn)

离婚

to divorce (lí hūn)

同居

to live together, cohabit; (tóng jū)

关系

relation (guān xi)

融洽

harmonious (róng qià)

紧张

nervous (jǐnzhāng)

严格

strict (yán gé)

家教

family upbringing; family instruction (jiā jiào)

管

care about, deal with (guǎn)

关爱

care and concern (guān'ài)

溺爱

spoil (a child) (nì'ài)

和睦

harmony (hé mù)

温暖

warm (wēn nuǎn)

快乐

happy (kuài lè)

稳定

stable (wěn dìng)

操心

to worry about (cāo xīn)

分担

share the burden (fēn dān)

家务

housework (jiā wù)

家庭主妇

housewife (jiā tíng zhǔ fù)

职业妇女

career woman (zhí yè fù nǚ)