Mother's brothers are called uncles, and brothers and sisters are called aunts, uncles and mothers. Some areas (such as North China and South Fujian, called "Jin") are also called "Jin". The written language is called aunt, and the spoken language is usually called aunt, big and big gold. Mother's brother is called uncle, and sister-in-law is called uncle, mother, son, son.

In Guanzhong area of Shaanxi province, there are two kinds of names: uncle is younger than mother, and aunt is called mother; When my uncle is older than my mother, I call my aunt my mother. These two titles reflect the order of elders. Similarly, there are also the names of menstruation women.

Gui originally meant to be uncle's man. Uncle, uncle's people = = nine people. From ancient times to the present, it has formed the last colorful kinship appellation in China. Uncle = aunt. Today is the present, and ancient times are the past.

Classification of appellations

1, kinship terms

Kinship appellation refers to the appellation that takes oneself as the center and determines the relationship between relatives and themselves. It is the appellation that relatives call each other on the basis of blood relatives and in-laws. It is a sign to determine the relationship between relatives and themselves with themselves as the axis.

In modern Chinese, kinship terms can tell the identity at a glance, such as Dai (parents: uncles, uncles; Peer: brother, sister, cousin), paternal or maternal (aunt), direct or collateral (grandson, nephew), age (uncle, uncle, brother, brother) and blood relatives or in-laws (brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law).

The Chinese kinship appellation system is complex and diverse, which strictly distinguishes lineal and collateral, blood relatives and in-laws, elders and younger generations, old and young, men and women, close relatives and distant relatives, with fine semantic function and accurate description.

2. Social appellation

Social appellation refers to the appellation custom that reflects the relationship between people in social life except kinship appellation. Social appellation is divided into non-kinship appellation and contextual appellation. Non-kinship appellation is a kind of appellation that expresses interpersonal relationship except kinship appellation on the basis of "person" in social life.

Social appellations in Chinese can basically be used as appellations as long as they have titles. All positions are ministers, governors, principals, factory directors, managers, etc. Professional titles include engineer, professor, editor, etc. There are masters and doctors; Doctors, nurses, teachers and lawyers can all add surnames to address others.