American University Chinese Classes Popular Science Chinese Family Relationship Illustrated, Chinese Students: I can't tell the difference

How complicated can the family name of the Chinese be, do you know how to explain it to foreigners in English?

Recently, some netizens shared on the Internet that they studied in the United States, and in a class, foreign students were learning about Chinese family relationships, and the explanation video in the class was really shocking.

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At first, it was just a simple person, and then the family relationship began to expand, not to mention foreigners, even I, a Chinese, only saw half, have been dizzy, complete family relationship chart, I can only admit defeat as a Chinese.

You must know that in a foreign country, an uncle, an aunt, a brother, and a sister can be called all over the world and represent all.

But in China, where is this going, and the names are different in different places, for example, is the mother's mother called grandma or grandma?

For foreigners, the difficulty of learning Chinese has increased.

Take a look at the comments from netizens

One surname is Tang, not one surname is the table, and the children of the father's sisters are also the table.

Who is who, who am I, and who am I?

The same surname is Tang, and the different surname is the table.

You left out the last daughter!

No, let alone the north and south, the name of each city is not quite the same.

Uncle, aunt's husband.

The children of the man's siblings and the woman's brother are both nephews and nieces, and the children of the woman's sisters are called nieces and nephews.

On our side, we are called Mrs. and grandmother.

The male aspect that is related to the father is a cousin, and everything else is a table.

Older than your husband is called uncle, and younger than your husband is called uncle.