Richard,
How long you left Hong Kong? Maybe I may communicate with you in
Cantonese next time :D
By the way, I think it's a bit little difficult to identify
relationship in Chinese society. As father's elder brother, we call
"Pak Pak". But call "Suk Suk" for father's younger brother. Too many
named. ~_~
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Michael
On Friday, October 16, 2009, Richard Man <richard.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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