cousins on the paternal aunt's side
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
cousins on the paternal aunt's side; children of one's father's sister
Used as an attributive modifier before kinship terms like 兄弟 or 姐妹. In Chinese kinship terminology, 姑舅 refers to the relationship between cousins where one is the child of the father's sister (paternal aunt), distinguishing them from 堂 siblings (father's brother's children) and 姨表 siblings (mother's sister's children).
Tā他
men们
shì是
gū姑
jiù舅
xiōng兄
dì弟
，
cóng从
xiǎo小
yī一
qǐ起
zhǎng长
dà大
。
They are cousins on the paternal aunt's side and grew up together.
Wǒ我
de的
gū姑
jiù舅
jiě姐
mèi妹
dōu都
zhù住
zài在
nán南
fāng方
。
My female cousins on my father's sister's side all live in the south.
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Àn按
zhào照
chuán传
tǒng统
，
gū姑
jiù舅
guān关
xi系
suī虽
rán然
bù不
rú如
táng堂
xiōng兄
dì弟
qīn亲
mì密
，
dàn但
réng仍
shì是
zhòng重
yào要
de的
qīn亲
shǔ属
niǔ纽
dài带
。
According to tradition, although the relationship between paternal aunt's children is not as close as that between paternal uncle's children, it remains an important kinship bond.