Atrecord Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 恭喜发财！attached pic to help you when you go visiting ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdash Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) So good life. i think bro @altisowner 's trip to Kalimantan is for work le... now i see this... any idea how should my kids address my wife's father's father's younger sister? In chinese/teochiew pls... We faced this dilemma 2 days ago i anyhow hamtam... 曾姨婆？sorry missed out one gen Edited February 20, 2018 by kdash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 i anyhow hamtam... 曾姨婆？sorry missed out one gen hmm... i think that's not a bad try. actually what my wife did, when on the way to the relative's place, is to ask her brother what his son (our nephew) addressed the same relative. which means to my nephew: his father's father's father's sister... Will be the same or not huh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enye Hypersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 hmm... i think that's not a bad try. actually what my wife did, when on the way to the relative's place, is to ask her brother what his son (our nephew) addressed the same relative. which means to my nephew: his father's father's father's sister... Will be the same or not huh? if in doubt....default to auntie/uncle or grandauntie/granduncle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdash Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 hmm... i think that's not a bad try. actually what my wife did, when on the way to the relative's place, is to ask her brother what his son (our nephew) addressed the same relative. which means to my nephew: his father's father's father's sister... Will be the same or not huh? may be different, cause your nephew considered "closer" in relation. i'm guessing your kids will call her 曾姨婆 while your nephew will call her 曾姑婆... i stand corrected... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 if in doubt....default to auntie/uncle or grandauntie/granduncle That was our last resort lor... But still curious leh... wondering what will be called by the precise Chinese way of address - never stopped learning 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdash Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 if in doubt....default to auntie/uncle or grandauntie/granduncle in @atrecord case is great-grandauntie/uncle... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 may be different, cause your nephew considered "closer" in relation. i'm guessing your kids will call her 曾姨婆 while your nephew will call her 曾姑婆... i stand corrected... now come the 'higher-order' question: if she is 曾姨婆 to my kids (recall: my kids' mother's father's father's sister), then what do my kids call my mother's mother's sister (means my kids' father's mother's mother's sister)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) there is "someone" you dont wish to come "bai nien" to COLLECT angbao i can understand them to visit on 16 and 17 where debtor probably at home TCSS and door open wide-wide? https://www.facebook.com/Unity81/ Edited February 20, 2018 by Wt_know 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdash Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 now come the 'higher-order' question: if she is 曾姨婆 to my kids (recall: my kids' mother's father's father's sister), then what do my kids call my mother's mother's sister (means my kids' father's mother's mother's sister)? walao this is worse than @vid's maths questions... i'm guessing 曾姨婆 also, cause 曾外姨婆 sounds weird... again i stand corrected... beyond a certain level, Chinese calling also cannot capture the full relationship... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 there is "someone" you dont wish to come "bai nien" to COLLECT angbao i can understand them to visit on 16 and 17 where debtor probably at home TCSS and door open wide-wide? https://www.facebook.com/Unity81/ This one funny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 walao this is worse than @vid's maths questions... i'm guessing 曾姨婆 also, cause 曾外姨婆 sounds weird... again i stand corrected... beyond a certain level, Chinese calling also cannot capture the full relationship... Just call 婆婆 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 walao this is worse than @vid's maths questions... i'm guessing 曾姨婆 also, cause 曾外姨婆 sounds weird... again i stand corrected... beyond a certain level, Chinese calling also cannot capture the full relationship... i think if MOE sets questions like this for PSLE/'O' Levels, surely a lot of students and parents stress big time No wonder now we all call uncle/auntie liao 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdash Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 i think if MOE sets questions like this for PSLE/'O' Levels, surely a lot of students and parents stress big time No wonder now we all call uncle/auntie liao haha agree... nowadays especially those English-speaking families, the calling is no longer so important. all same gen call by name, all one gen up call auntie/uncle, all 2 gen up call grandauntie/uncle etc... still good to figure out how to call in Chinese la... it matters to the older gen... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enye Hypersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 in @atrecord case is great-grandauntie/uncle... oh then call zhor ma or zhor gong even older call lao zhor ma or lao zhor gong 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 @enye Gong Xi Fa Cai to you Sifu! May you have a prosperous new year and be healthy always! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dleodleo Twincharged February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Who still rotting at home. Me at work.I also start work today. Office is so quiet. My Malaysian colleagues are still on leave. No incoming calls from customers too. All very free waiting to knock off. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Supersonic February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I also start work today. Office is so quiet. My Malaysian colleagues are still on leave. No incoming calls from customers too. All very free waiting to knock off. ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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