The Complicated Chinese Family Tree - Cantonese Version!

[@Bi209plusn0]

This an't a family tree, it's A FAMILY FOREST

[@cindytang7647]

ikr I have this kind of family and I have to ask my parents what to call them

[@ballorawan7672]

+cindy tang Saaaaame

[@sweetlove3391]

LMAO XDDDDD

[@brayvp7996]

Or the family planet

[@annagong963]

Your comment made my night xD

[@elwynbrooks]

I call them whatever my mom and dad tell me to call them o_o

[@honghong8935]

Same

[@dfence1985]

+elwynbrooks I call them whatever my lo po tells me to call them

[@avelineshek5590]

hahaha

[@avelineshek5590]

+mariano hahaha

[@ballorawan7672]

Same

[@SirKrigeon]

As a HK person, I can confirm this is true. Unfortunately, we have family reunions D:

[@roseyuen4796]

But fortunately we have got "relative calculator"

[@astrangeone]

Lol. Family reunions are always LOUD affairs with everyone talking over each other.

[@ghosty7533]

I literally don’t know what to call them so I whisper to my mom Who is that What should I call them

[@assfaultthearmadillo4687]

oof I just don't talk to them

[@MarkLinJA]

@@ghosty7533 Or in the case of my family my ama, my popo and my other known relatives present would deliberate when I'm introduced to a new relative and they tell me "nei ying goi giu keoi _____ " as the conclusion

[@k.z.7617]

This is why I hate it when my extended family decides to play "Guess Who I Am~" with me...>

[@pianomusician4life]

I feel ya. My dad's side of the family is a mess. Even my dad doesn't know what to call them.

[@arthurthefirst]

I hate it when they do that!! At first, I'm curious, and by all means, please tell me who you are and how we are related. It's when they play that stupid game that I just don't give a shit anymore.

[@k.z.7617]

Arthur Leung And then there's the whole "Do you remember me? You do remember me, right?"

[@k.z.7617]

We all love those dinners...But they are entertaining when the storytelling starts...as long as it's not about you.

[@stardustangel18]

Kelly Zeng But every time there's always that 1 family member who is prepared to retell all those (embarrassing) stories that you've forgotten. There is also always the part where you immediately forget what the distant family member is called, who they are or you get their names wrong. Dammit. So confusing and awkward.

[@Neyobe]

I REALLY like how she draws them (faces, expressions, and hair)

[@mirarami1055]

Yea... Each peeson got their own distinct character 🤓👍👍👍 Pei fu, pei fu.... 👏👏👏😀

[@TheHDAsian]

And this is why China keeps it's one child limit.

[@ballorawan7672]

Lol yup

[@gaviriak]

xD funniest thing i reed today

[@kacelaahoy5459]

TheHDAsian no it's 2 and lower. your not allowed 3 or up children. But I'm from China can I have a sister and brother....Oopsieee lol

[@kacelaahoy5459]

Cujo19760210 it's actually just 2

[@morbidmistress5602]

Hong Kong speaks Cantonese and they don't have the one-child policy cuz of different government

[@RachelWongWriter]

I literally just call everyone "auntie" or "uncle" or "po po" or "gong gong". Ain't got not time to remember all that D;

[@joshuakusuma5953]

I just remember dad is 'ku' and mom is 'ji'

[@tico7331]

i call my grandparents gong gong, po po, ye ye, yun yun, and my auNties and unclemu mu and stuff like dat

[@nuoli4758]

same O.o

[@angelicbeautae8612]

you see im teochew and 'gong gong' means stuppid in teochew idk why

[@cheeko4319]

Rachel Wong GONG GONG JinHao Tan

[@KeithHuang]

i am born Canto. This blew my mind. I always knew it was complicated and there was a name for everything. But to have it all laid out and just fired out so neatly is awesome. Cool doodles was a further plus.

[@samuraix558]

I have nine great aunts 😭 there comes a point where I've gotta start calling them in English bec my parents decided that fluency in English was more than enough

[@NihonWoYumemite]

Omg I want a copy of that family tree!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

get them on zazzle :-)

[@NihonWoYumemite]

Zazzle???

[@NihonWoYumemite]

Oh I found it. XD

[@xlartanislx]

Joshua Kent Simmons-Watkins me too!!

[@chloechang8810]

+Off the Great Wall can you still buy it?

[@Lammms]

I'm Cantonese native and I'm amazed that this youtuber can even call it all..

[@jordanbbuu]

That's not even all of them!

[@bubzbeauty]

This was exactly what I needed!!!!! YES A CANTON VERSION

[@ViwernWong]

the bak po one. ahahaha if you said it wrong its gonna sound like something rude hahahahaha

[@lori2737]

Hahaha ;)

[@afung9857]

😂😂😂

[@ViwernWong]

Chaos Studio JAN i dont think it means slut. in some situations, it can mean a very nosy girl or a girl who loves to pry into people's businesses or a girl who loves to spread rumors/gossip

[@anitaxleslie770]

死八婆 XD

[@SomeoneCookAChicken]

***** i know

[@mayseylu]

Glad there's a Cantonese version! No matter how much I watch this, it's still confusing. I know the basics of basics but that's it. I usually call my cousins and their children by their English or Chinese names.

[@jaimie64]

My dad side, and since he's the oldest of the family, we (my two sister and I) calls our uncles by numbers. Uncle 3,4,5,6. That's just my family.

[@danielleli3824]

Me too

[@Magicfeet1904]

Is there an uncle number 2, or is your dad’s second sibling a sister instead of a brother?

[@And33146]

I have 8 grandmas 1-8

[@filizant]

I can relate LOL. I have 8 uncles and aunties on my dad's side and 7 aunties and uncles on my mum's side. The annoying part is you have to remember if they are older or younger than your parents and what "number order" they are in the siblings

[@lemonherb1]

My father was the youngest, and I still referred to my uncles via their birth order

[@jedix]

Anyone that share the same family name(father's side) is 堂(basically meaning under the same family tree). Anyone that doesn't share the same family name(mother's side) is 表. You may notice that daughters that are married to other families are no longer consider a family member because they will be carrying their husband family name. You may even skip the prefix 堂 and directly call them brothers and sisters.

[@mayrafujikawa8462]

Lol "Your husband was a bad boy but he cleaned himself up." XD Love that part. My favorite XD

[@CantoMando]

The way to do it is English Word - Chinese Accent ;) always works

[@ThisabirdLovesCookie]

During new year and we have to go to relatives house. and i always just lock myself in one room and wait until the time is done and then leave and avoid EVERYONE BECAUSE I DONT WANNA HURT THEIR FEELINGS BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO CALL THEM

[@stardustangel18]

I do the same thing. It's not that I don't like them I just don't want to make a fool of myself by not remembering what they're called or getting their names wrong.... It's hard to have so many relatives.

[@ThisabirdLovesCookie]

me too owo

[@valeriechoi350]

lol, I also do the same but mostly i I wouldnt talk at all or I just follow my sister's lead.

[@ThisabirdLovesCookie]

the fACT THAT IC ANT EVEN REMEMBER HALF OF MY ACQUAINTANCE'S NAMES OR EVEN SOME OF MY FRIENDS NAMES IS HORRIBLE

[@gothicemu9001]

I feel your pain. My family is huge. I have relatives I didn't even know existed

[@stephaniebailey9907]

I just recently started watching you and that just blew my started I mean my mouth just dropped.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

yay welcome!

[@ballorawan7672]

+Off the Great Wall LOL

[@rxmach]

Love love love this video. Please make another one for grandma’s side of the family 🙏🏼. I’ve watched this 10 times and still can’t remember what to call people. 😂

[@karreekay]

I wish those drawings were available as a chart. :) I simply love the drawings! :)

[@PJMarsosudiro]

You are the greatest KZbin people on earth! I loved the Mandarin and wait -- now Cantonese?!

[@luminouslapis]

I love the drawings because their so accurate XD

[@carefree.hounds]

Love it! When I was living in Hong Kong and learning Cantonese from Zhongguo Daihhohk, I couldn't believe how complicated this was! You should do another one for all my kung fu brothers and sisters and uncles and so on.

[@LuvOtaku4Ever]

This is why I'm fucked in the family gatherings -.-

[@secala5540]

Younger than you- ah siw pen yau Young but older than u- zhe zhe/ah gor Middle age- ah yee/ah sook Old- por por/ah bak

[@ZhnYe]

Simon, hope you see this. We’ve missed this part of you and I truly enjoyed this wholesome video. Wishing you the best!

[@altimarichey6775]

Us Chinese are quite meticulous about the finite details of how to describe the relationships between relatives. This is an example of Chinese thought process.

[@youcanstay8793]

伯婆, 八婆 XD omg im laughing so much

[@secala5540]

i cant say it properly so i accidently say 八婆

[@lenmediastudio]

I think those two words are pronounced the same.

[@nomaichi]

伯 is more like "ba(k)" and 八 is more like "ba(t)" (the bracketed consonants are kind of silent but are kind of there)

[@gordonlee6367]

好少咁樣叫，多數會用排行稱呼，例如，大伯公，大伯婆，二伯公，二伯婆。聽起上來冇咁刺耳。

[@karaoke723]

In English. It sounds like a B word which it's a swear word.

[@arashickarened]

THIS! I always have a headache during the annual reunion dinners....especially for those relatives I don't see frequently.

[@stardustangel18]

***** That is why at family reunions or any family events I whisper to my mum and she's just an all knowledgeable savior.

[@brendaeq236]

And name tags with titles sadly wouldn’t even work, because of the differences in maternal and paternal, and sibling order etc

[@ambers628]

MaxNoSleeves brought me to your channel, and I've been watching a bunch of your videos! You guys are terrific! You've definitely gained a new subscriber!

[@georgina5161998]

OMG this is soooooo helpfu!!! My mom is from Hong Kong and my dad is from New Zealand soI normally just call my chinese family Auntie or Uncle in a canto accent.. But some people get annoyed cuz they think I dont know who they are.. >< thanks so much!!!

[@stardustangel18]

I tell most of my family members I don't remember who they are and then joke that there are lots of them xD

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

You can buy the posters online. The link is in the description.

[@Arrghigiveup]

I just tend to look plaintively at my parents and go "help" XD

[@JafoD7]

Well done! Chinese way of addressing is very clear and precise!

[@Abc123sakira]

Aiya i feel like crying~~~

[@sandiesing8142]

Love this! I'm a "too-gee" and this explains why I call my relatives these specific names. Holy cow, this explains it all. However, I don't read Chinese. I will have to return to this video for resource. Love it. Thank you, thank you for making it in Cantonese, the lost dialect.

[@aryulo]

As a Cantonese, I sometimes fail to recall these names.

[@akirarice9828]

aryulo At least your not a ABC and u have a "Biu jeh" laughing at u beacsue u can't speak Mandarin

[@JessicaRosei]

imagine this is the general studies exam coverage for a 2nd grader. (7-8 years old) YES. IT HAPPENED TO ME. RIP HONG KONG 2ND GRADERS

[@_uaety]

I speak Cantonese with my mother's side (because my dad is from mainland China), and my family usually uses the lazy way and shortens them or changes them a bit. -*I'm gonna type in rubbish romanization XD* I call my Grandma Ahpo and my Grandad Ahgong. My auntie Yi Yi and my uncle suk suk. My older girl cousin Je Je, my younger girl cousin Mui Mui. My older boy cousin Gor Gor, my younger boy cousin dai dai (mainly just by his name though because he doesn't speak cantonese except for a few rude words ...yeah, so when we call him dai dai he thinks of dai, as in ...going to the toilet XD ...So yeah! Awesome video! It was so fast, I couldn't keep up !!

[@j5803]

never delete this vid! I love it!

[@Kevin-om3zj]

I should be awarded for knowing 1/4 of this

[@BrandonTLuong]

Love the video and glad to have a run down of all the members. Hard to remember half the time.

[@revolversmoke]

Just imagine all this plus extended relatives like grandma's sister's kids and their kids and their relatives, yeah thats what I get to meet at my latest reunion. You know its complex when the person plus your parent who is introducing you to the relative have to literally think for a moment before telling you what to tell them. Plus my parents are Hokkien and Teochew so they're called all different things. @@ All the fun.

[@avelineshek5590]

hahahhahha

[@texasgladden4399]

What creates the most confusion for me is that different relatives will call the same person a different name because their relation to that person is different from yours. For example, some of my cousins' "gong gong" is my "yeh yeh." Recently I was talking to an older cousin about an uncle who I call "sam bak ye" (3rd brother, older than my dad) while my cousin called him "sam sook" (3rd brother, younger than her dad) and it took me a moment to realize who she was talking about. Knowing what to call a relative is only difficult when you meet them for the first time. For the relatives I've known since I was young, their "title" just becomes their name in my mind.

[@user-zx5gs7gd7k]

teochow version? I literally have no idea what to call my relatives...have to ask my mom every single time i meet a new person or if i forget what she said last time lol Sometimes she doesnt even know haha

[@mycp6615]

ok but a moment of appreciation for these animations

[@ash-ok6dr]

“He was a 🅱️ad 🅱️oi 🅱️ut he cleaned up his act.

[@radioserrelind]

"He used to be a bad boy but he cleaned himself up" DYING HERE

[@NP21470]

Slow down!! I'm ok with a 15 minute video...

[@clutchLT23]

Slow it down to 0.75 Speed.

[@AJJJJJJJJJJJJ]

i wish there was also English written next to the image .-.

[@thatweirdguywhostalkspeopl1908]

@@AJJJJJJJJJJJJ Well, theres basically no translation for our family tree since canto is pretty hard to translate into english. There's also some slang that cant be translated, so maybe thats why.

[@AJJJJJJJJJJJJ]

@@thatweirdguywhostalkspeopl1908 true

[@uofmsensation]

I love the art work! Much love Carmen!

[@akane1880]

please make a .pdf of this to download as a cheat sheet for family gatherings ;))

[@acelee632]

the first time i met my 伯婆 i did a double take and was like, "what am i supposed to call her?!"

[@daviatu]

Once, I went overseas and visited my Poh Poh (grandma on mother's side), and afterwards my cousin asked me about Ma Ma (grandma on father's side.) I was pretty confused, until I realised that my cousin's Ma Ma was my Poh Poh. When talking to a relative about other relatives, do you usually just use the name you'd normally use? So, my cousin would call her Ma Ma and I would call her Poh Poh, and we'd just understand that it's the same person?

[@phoebelam5761]

I once told my 5 year old cousin to call my yeye, yeye, but then I realized my yeye was his goong goong

[@Chocobo0Scribe]

Oh man my eyes rolled back into my head a bit. My Dad has a HUGE extended family.

[@CoCoTheJackRussell]

imagine everyone is together for a party and the traditional children has to call elders from the oldest member to the youngest elder to "Sek Fan"

[@blubsneks4508]

I speak taisanese ad I’m surprised how much our language sounds like Cantonese!

[@TaiGekTou]

頭都暈啦姐姐。。。@@

[@gloriagwenyeechow6447]

I love this video. Thanks for posting on Cantonese !

[@chilipadi2306]

Thanks for making such confusingly clear family relationships. Growing up I had to content with my Hokkien (paternal side) and Cantonese (maternal) roots. It was a double whammy. Do you have digital or hard copy chart so I can teach it to my children? Love your video.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

It's so that you know exactly who you are talking about and addressing.

[@x3lilsusanx13]

omg imagine what if I bring my future non-Asian husband to meet my whole entire family just to pronounce their proper name. now that's probably even more complicated that it already is.

[@Emily-9005]

This will probably be me, I can barely remember who is who. The most I'm going to introduce him to is intermediate family, I'm only saving him from headaches and possible arguing if we get into the whole family forest.

[@porkypine2]

This is so kewl! You know exactly how someone is related!

[@jennigaffney1767]

This makes me laugh. I learned Mandarin, but my family grew up speaking Cantonese, so the only words I know in Cantonese are family names. :) Oh and important phrases like "Come eat!!!" I imagine most families are like mine in that people will introduce themselves and each other by the name they want you to call them. There is a tendency in my family to focus on birth order, so First and Third Auntie go by these titles, as well as First Uncle. (Second born is my mom, and to my knowledge, none of my cousins call her "second auntie") Fourth auntie likes to be called just "Auntie" and her name since it sounds a bit like "dead auntie". I'm not sure if fifth auntie goes by her name because we met in America, or because our ages are so close.

[@zacchew]

i'm a cantonese and yes, this thing get more complicated everytime.... especially in the 1st day of CNY. u meet everybody!

[@lucasodum2185]

They should make a shangainese version of this

[@serenata419]

I shall check this every Chinese new year!

[@chiaseed51]

Relatives...Why must you play "Guess Who?" with me every time I see you?

[@TheBathroomGirl]

this was probably the best video ever!!!

[@soyking4412]

O____O This has gone over my head.

[@stardustangel18]

I only understood half of that since she talked too quickly and I only know a handful of my family enough to remember their names or how I should call them... The rest I just whisper to my mum and she answers with who they are, where they come from. how we're related and how I should address them :') I couldn't act as smart without her.

[@namratarai7311]

so fast

[@namratarai7311]

very fast

[@TheTracyWu]

I showed this to my mom and she was like "this is too fast. Is there a way to slow it down" And i asked her if she even knows them all - she said no

[@emilyhoang5525]

I just call my big brother gor and my big sister jeh...haha

[@takonomonogatariyaki]

I just call him by his name :L much simpler.

[@Suite_annamite]

As Vietnamese speakers, *we have all of these pronouns too borrowed from Chinese, but we've apparently messed up a lot of them!* For example, I recently learned that Vietnamese incorrectly fails to distinguish between younger aunts on both sides of the family: specifically how *we forget that addressing our father's younger sister should be different from our mother's younger sister!* *We just use to word "Cô" (from the Chinese 姑) for both, which is apparently wrong!* *We should really call our mother's younger sister as "Dì" (from the Chinese 姨).*

[@Suite_annamite]

Cat Bear: only subordinates can be addressed by just their name in Vietnamese and other Asian cultures. Anyone above you have to be called by their entitled pronoun.

[@elisajean6419]

This is why all my relatives are "Auntie" and "Uncle". They knew I couldn't take this.

[@davidnmcmahon]

Hi, well done. I thought your video was great and it has helped me a lot. I'm part of a Cambodian Chinese family who speak Chaozhou ( 潮州), this is a common dialect among Cambodian Chinese, it would be fantastic if you could make a video in this dialect! Many thanks and keep up the good work.

[@user-zx5gs7gd7k]

David McMahon same here! my mom's side is chaozhou/teochow and i have like no idea what to call my relatives. The ones i see often i can remember but the people i dont see very often i always forget lol

[@hinatamei7235]

laugh out loud to your videos! thumbs up! i always heard these terms in cantonese drama..haha~

[@ilyuu8612]

So fast😂😂🔧

[@choitran344]

brilliant!! so glad its in Cantonese...I need to dload this and watch in slow motion. i loved the one in Mandarin (which i didn't understand a word of) Thankx for the vid!!!!

[@yenchuoi4284]

Choi , how r u ? Where r u now ??? Nice to see u again !!! Yen

[@AdamFJH]

LOL @0:21 grandpa older brother's wife is bak poor XD

[@summonedtentacles6778]

My Mah-Mah wants me to memorize all of this but I kinda looked at her and basically said; "You'll have to wait many years."

[@annyxk-pop596]

I just died this is awesome ahahahahahah

[@helllokitty138]

hahaha thanks for making this. This was awesome! keep up the good work :)

[@SHChan-jr3cd]

Sorry, you have mixed up (大伯＋叔仔) and (大舅＋舅仔)！ (大伯＋叔仔) should be husband's brothers & (大舅＋舅仔) should be wife's brothers. Cousins on dad side should be 堂大哥/堂大佬、堂家姊、堂妹、堂細路 wife of 大伯 is 大伯娘，wife of 二伯 is 二伯娘，伯婆 will mix up with「八婆」, since they sound almost the same。

[@TrippySam8899]

So hilarious “if you say it wrong it can mean something really bad”

[@TheeYellowDart]

There are a couple like that. The wrong inflection changes everything LOL.

[@jazzmataz]

My mother used to call me "baat po", because I was always in everyone's business. 😂

[@RenHeng_canon]

OH. MAH. LAWHD.

[@cwong1229]

I am a native Cantonese speaker and I am familiar with 99 % of the terms.... honestly can't believe something so complicated can stick into my head naturally. I like the American's version: everything is uncle, auntie, cousin, grandma, grandpa etc. Less complicated

[@musicrase66]

Yes... But what if your cousin has kids lol :P

[@cindylay1887]

Oh man, good luck

[@kulta-sali]

On father's brother side, father's brother's son's son is called "堂侄", and his daughter is called "堂侄女". Father's brother's daughter's son is called "堂外甥", and her daughter is called "堂外甥女". On father's sisters side and mother's either siblings side, boys cousins' son is called "表侄", and their daughter is called "表侄女". Girls cousins' son is called "表外甥", and their daughter is called "表外甥女".

[@bigmommajo]

Thank you so much for this! Going to a mini family reunion this weekend and I need to know who to call whom what and how my kids need to respectfully address them!

[@berryapplejuice]

hokkien version~~

[@LILBEACHBUNNYOFFICIAL]

This is why you address the most important ones and simply say 'hello' to anyone else.

[@fashionhappygirlable]

see kids? For all the kiddos who think chinese is ''easy''.

[@secala5540]

Hayley C. No one thinks Chinese is easy. Even the Chinese people of all dialects.

[@lockwinghong]

Man, I wish this existed 15-20 years ago when I was meeting all my relatives.

[@tinapenghuang]

TOO COMPLICATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though im part chinese

[@mysryuza]

I love how different Cantonese and Mandarin are when you listen closely.

[@rohannair3482]

What if a relative is in a same sex marriage?

[@isabellafoovlogs7143]

Damn

[@phoebelam5761]

Srry dude

[@gaviriak]

Doesn't Care

[@VitalijKaramakov]

normally gays dont come out in china, thats unfortunately cultural...

[@SharpNaif]

1. You can try to piece it together using the prefix and switching "gong" for "po" or whatever. 2. If they're Chinese, you can ask what they want to be called. 3. If they're not Chinese, they probably won't know if you get it wrong.

[@voxtar2001]

Showed this to my mom and she asked me to memorize the titles, lol. I usually just say "hi", smile and nod when I see my relatives, just have too many to count.

[@pjchum]

The best I've seen. Keep it up and be successful.

[@senhanenorou604]

I definitely know how it feels to remember all this where in my case we have a huge family back in the 祖屋 You would not believe that someone called me 表舅婆 but I am just 19!

[@jytou85]

新抱 is more like when you introduce her to someone else as your 新抱, but you usually call her "家嫂"

[@MeiinUK]

Not many people will know the way to reference somebody within the family tree, to the external title that your reference them outside of the family as well ?

[@flashflood505]

So glad I found you! What is the best way to say "oldest sister," "youngest sister" and "mother's oldest brother?" I need to know for my book! So far I have been using jiejie, for oldest sister, and muimui for youngest sister. But I don't know if the words should capitalized or not, or used with the adjective "my," as in "I dared not question my jiejie." (Or is it, "I dared notquestion my jiejie," or even, "I dared not question Jiejie" - which would be treating it as a proper noun. Any ideas? Also, is Ah Ma the correct Cantonese translation for mother? and Ah Ba for father? How about grandmother? I was using Po Po. I separated the words instead of running them together. But I am not sure if that is correct. I have also seen Ah Po. And when I've heard the word pronounced, it sounded like "Paupau." For mother's oldest brother, I was using the term, "Big Uncle." How correct is that? Is it something children would call him? Help!

[@KevinAZheng]

Can you put up a high res electronic version of this somewhere? I'll be happy to pay for it =]

[@silvermist217]

I sometimes call my mom "Leun Chun" from the olden days if I want to get her attention! XD I picked it up from watching the TVB drama Ten Brothers when I was younger ahah