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| | HUANG & JIA -- Chinese Kinship Terms |
 | | For example, English "father" and Chinese "fu qin" are both contrasted with English "mother" and Chinese "mu qin" in the dimension of sex, with "son" and "er zi" in the dimension of generation, with "uncle" and "bo fu," "shu fu," "gu fu," "jiu fu" and "yi fu" in the dimension of linearity. |
 | | In Chinese, paternal grandfather and grandmother are called zu fu and zu mu respectively, while maternal grandfather and grandmother are called wai zu fu and wai zu mu respectively. |
 | | In the Chinese language, there are as many as five terms for the concept of uncle: bo fu, shu fu, gu fu, jiu fu and yi fu, all indicating the different relations with ego, as shown in Diagram II. |
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