Questions tagged [kinship]

For questions about words and expressions that involve kinship or familial relationships

The Chinese language has a richer vocabulary to express kinship and family relationships compared to other languages.

Use this tag for questions related to terminology, words, expressions and sentences that involve this aspect of the language.

For a rather comprehensive introduction to the concept of kinship in China, and a list of commonly used words to define relatives, please have a look at the Chinese kinship.

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Asking "how many cousins do you have?"

What is a collective term for first cousins? Everywhere I've looked it is emphasized that the correct term for "cousin" depends on age, sex and whether the cousin is on father's or mother's side. But that's for individual cousins. And the closer…
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