Week 7 & 8 -- Lesson 30 & Lesson 31親戚

Lesson 30 Vocab-phrases & supplement
親戚
親: 父母親。
戚: 親屬。
(this type of phrase belongs to the 同義複詞 category）


Father side:
Father's older brother 伯伯 -- his wife: 伯母
Father's younger brother 叔叔 --his wife: 嬸母 or 嬸嬸
Father's older/younger sister 姑姑 --her husband: 姑丈 or 姑父

Mother side:
Mother's older/younger brother 舅舅 -- his wife: 舅媽 or 舅母
Mother's older/younger sister 阿姨 -- her husband 姨丈

Formal way to refer another person's parents in a conversation: 令尊（your father) / 令堂 (your mother)

Formal way to refer my own parents in a conversation: 家父 (my father) / 家母 (my mother)

Formal way to refer my own husband: 外子 / my wife: 內人

Another phrase for siblings: 手足

補充：

親戚，同義複詞。 

http://maliwen.myweb.hinet.net/no2.html  
(實詞與虛詞、基本句型、轉品、聯綿詞、偏義同義複詞)

二、同義複詞：由兩個意思相同或相似的單詞組成的複詞

例：方法、緣故、書籍、奴隸、聆聽、增益、了解、惦(ㄉㄧㄢˋ)念、遷徙、駕駛、販賣、網羅、遮蔽、羨慕、怨尤、顫抖、醞釀、碩大、藐小、愚昧、虛偽(ㄨㄟˋ)、誠懇、遙遠、粗糙(ㄘㄠ)、慚愧

※衍聲複詞靠的是「聲音」的連結，單獨的字在詞中是沒有意義的，所以「衍聲複詞」絕不可能是「同義複詞」，或「偏義複詞」
(出處見上面連結)