I know Chinese too :-) I was born and raised in HK.
Yes, you are referring to the "became a moon (month)." "Westerners,"
or at least Americans, um, people of the United States of America,
generally do not have such tradition.
In English, we don't differentiate the difference between paternal or
maternal side, e.g. grandpa could be either, whereas in Cantonese, "Ya
ya" is different from "Kung Kung" etc.
So an Uncle is either your father or mom's brother, and there is no
different words for, well, Older Uncle, vs. Younger Uncle.
Nephew and nieces cover the offspring of uncles and aunts.
Everything else are "cousins" :-)
And congratulation to your brother's family.
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Michael Wong <mialop@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> K.
> You know Chinese? The exactly means "full month", the baby is one month old.
>
> Haha! It's a mistake that she is my nephew's baby. How do you separate own
> family and a great family with brother's & sister's families? I am beginning
> confusion to identify them in English @@
>
>
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