paternal cousins sharing the same grandfather; close agnatic relatives
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
paternal (cousins); sharing the same paternal grandfather; agnatic
Used as an attributive modifier before kinship terms such as 兄弟, 姐妹, or 叔伯 to indicate that the relationship is through one's father's brothers (the main line of descent), as opposed to 表 (biǎo) which indicates maternal cousins or cousins from married-out daughters. Historically distinguished children of the legal wife (嫡) from those of concubines.
Tā他
shì是
wǒ我
de的
dí嫡
táng堂
xiōng兄
dì弟
。
He is my first cousin on my father's side (sharing the same grandfather).
Dí嫡
táng堂
shū叔
bó伯
dōu都
zhù住
zài在
zhè这
gè个
lǎo老
zhái宅
lǐ里
。
The paternal uncles from the main line all live in this old residence.
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Dí嫡
táng堂
jiě姐
mèi妹
zhī之
jiān间
de的
guān关
xi系
tōng通
cháng常
bǐ比
biǎo表
jiě姐
mèi妹
gèng更
qīn亲
mì密
。
The relationship between female cousins on the father's side is usually closer than that between maternal cousins.