Family

Below are family members in Chinese (usually these are double characters, e.g. 哥哥 for elder brother, 妹妹 for younger sister).

兄	xiōng	elder brother	哥	gē	elder brother
弟	dì	younger brother	姐	jiě	elder sister
妹	mèi	younger sister	妈	mā	mother
爸	bà	father	婆	pó	maternal grandmother
公	gōng	maternal grandfather	奶	nǎi	paternal grandmother
爷	yé	paternal grandfather

Advertisement

HSK

Find out more about the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) in this dedicated HSK section. Here you can learn about:

HSK characters - all the characters used in the six levels of the HSK test
HSK words (by level) - a complete list of all the words in the HSK test
other information about the HSK test

Study

Find out more about the Chinese language in the study section, including:

radicals - information on Chinese radicals, including the Kangxi radicals
pinyin - the romanisation of the Chinese language

Newsletter

Sign up to the newsletter for all the latest information on the website and studying Chinese.

Copyright © 2014-present SinoCharacters.com.

Design by Sheldon C H Smith