Vocabulary
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Time
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- gemao(葛毛)-- now
- toumao(头毛)-- just now
- yelitou(夜里头)-- at night
- rizong(日中)-- at noon
- rili(日里)-- in the day
- zaosang(早上)-- in the morning
Expression of person, categorized by generation
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- agong(阿公)-- mother's father
- apo(阿婆)-- mother's mother
- yeye(爷爷)-- father's father
- nainai(奶奶)-- father's mother
- popo(婆婆)-- grandfather's sister
- xiaoyaya(小爷爷)-- grandfather's sister's husband
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- aba(阿爸)/baba(爸爸)-- papa
- muma(姆妈)/mama(妈妈)-- mom
- bobo(伯伯)-- father's brother
- damuma(大姆妈)-- wife of father's oldest brother
- xiaoboubou(小伯伯)-- father's younger brother
- sengniang(婶娘)-- wife of father's little brother
- ayi(阿姨)/gugu(姑姑)-- father's sister
- gufu(姑夫)-- father's sister's husband
- niangjiu(娘舅)/ajiu(阿舅)/jiujiu(舅舅)-- mother's brother
- jiumu(舅妈)-- wife of mother's brother
- zhangren(丈人)-- wife's father
- zhangmuniang(丈母娘)-- wife's mother
- niniang(ni?娘)-- mother's sister
- ganyi(干yi?)-- mother's sister's husband
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- age(阿哥)-- elder brother
- adi(阿弟)-- little brother
- ajie(阿姐)-- elder sister
- amei(阿妹)-- little sister
- biaoge/biaodi(表哥/表弟)-- male older/younger cousin who does not share surname
- biaojie/biaomei(表姐/表妹)-- female older/younger cousin who does not share surname
- tangge/tangdi(堂哥/堂弟)-- male older/younger cousin who shares the same surname
- tangjie/tangmei(堂姐/堂妹)-- female older/younger cousin who shares the same surname
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- xiaoya'er(小伢儿)-- child
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