Language/Min-nan-chinese/Vocabulary/Family

Introduction

In today's lesson, we will learn some basic Min Nan Chinese vocabulary related to family. We will look at the main terms, a dialogue and related lessons.

Main Terms

Below is a table of some common words related to family in Min Nan Chinese with their pronunciation and translation in English.

Word in Min Nan Chinese	Pronunciation	Translation in English
爸爸	bà ba	father
媽媽	mā ma	mother
兄弟	hiōng tì	brother
姊妹	tsí mī	sister
哥哥	koh koh	older brother
弟弟	té té	younger brother
妹妹	mneh mneh	younger sister
婆婆	pó po	mother-in-law
叔叔	sio sio	uncle
阿姨	a yí	aunt
外公	guāi gong	grandfather
外婆	guāi pó	grandmother
孫子	sùn zi	grandchild
家人	ka jîn	family member

Dialogue

Here is a short dialogue using some of the words above:

• Person 1: 你有幾個兄弟？(lí uē kah koh hiōng tì?) – How many brothers do you have?
• Person 2: 我有一個哥哥和一個弟弟。(guá uē uē koh koh hōo uē té té.) – I have one older brother and one younger brother.
• Person 1: 你的家人都在哪裡？(lí ê ka jîn tō͘ tāi lāi?) – Where are your family members?
• Person 2: 我的爸爸、媽媽和姊妹都在台灣。(guá ê bà ba, mā ma hōo tsí mī tō͘ tāi uān.) – My father, mother and sister are all in Taiwan.

Related lessons

Here are some other lessons related to Min Nan Chinese vocabulary:

• Animals
• Food
• Colors
• Numbers
• Time