The Complicated Chinese Family Tree

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We've fixed our boo boos, straightened out the lines and added pinyin!

Did you know that every member of a Chinese family is called something different? Depending on whether it's from your mom's side or your dad's side and their seniority? It gets quite confusing, so we will draw it out for you in a family tree and hope you can learn some Chinese along the way! :) Please don't mind our terrible handwriting!

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Watch the CANTONESE version here: http://e.ntd.tv/XLW8Tf

Note: There are still many more ways to call the same person, for example husband's mother can be called 家姑，家婆，婆婆 or 奶奶. This all depends on where you are from. To keep it simple, we just chose the more generic terms.

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[Shakti080]

I just bought the poster! Yay!

[NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Woohoo! Let us know when you get it and what you think :)

[TPBvirus]

#ReasonsWhyIAmScaredToLearnChi­nese

[NTDOffTheGreatWall]

But Chinese is such a beautiful language. So precise too! Now if you mention someone I will know exactly who you are talking about lol. In English it would be huh? Which cousin?

[Lucy C.]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why the One Child Policy was created.

[NTDOffTheGreatWall]

其實想加但是太複雜了！

[Confedyank]

There's a chart for the English one on wiki, lol. I know English isn't quite as precised as the Chinese, but it does cover different cousins, lol.

[TheSpiderClub]

His younger sisters is poo poo

[gusfrava26]

OMG!

[123qazwsx45678]

中国人的亲戚名称太多了！有时都不知该叫什么。

[Lam Tina]

這裹好多中國人哦 愈來愈多外國人學中文了

[TheGreatMeSama]

one stops paying attention and just starts laughing after 2 mins of this

y u make this vid? Now my parents are gonna test me on this q.q