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家 Family (2) 家

	Written 國		Oral 粵
elder brother	哥哥	go3 go2	大佬	daai6 lou2
elder sister	姊姊	zi3 zi2	家姐	ga1 ze2
elder sister (formal)	姐姐	ze3 ze2	姐姐	ze3 ze2
younger brother	弟弟	dai3 dai2	細佬	sai3 lou2
younger sister	妹妹	mui3 mui2	細妹	sai3 mui2
paternal Grandmother	祖母	zou2 mou5	啊嬤/嬤嬤	aa3 maa4 / maa4 maa4
paternal Grandfather	祖父	zou2 fu6	啊爺/爺爺	aa3 je4 / je4 je4
maternal Grandmother	外祖母	ngoi6 zou2 mou5	婆婆	po4 po2
maternal Grandfather	外祖父	ngoi6 zou2 fu6	公公	gung1 gung1

Examples
I am her elder sister	我係佢姐姐	ngo5 hai6 keoi5 go3 ze3 ze2 粵
I have two elder brothers and one younger brother	我有兩個哥哥同埋一個細佬	ngo5 jau5 loeng5 go3 go3 go2 tung4 maai4 jat1 go3 sai3 lou2 粵

Usage Note

It is probably fair to say that the Chinese language puts greater emphasis on the types of relationships in a family than in English. Distinctions according to age, paternal or maternal relationship and more are common when describing a person. This extends to uncles and aunts and can get rather complex...
哥哥﹐ 弟弟 and 妹妹 will also be understood for spoken use

Character Analysis

同埋 = "and"