HEYGOW ASMR

Family and relatives

10 phrases
HD
wǒ huí lǎojiā kàn fùmǔ.
我回老家看父母。
ENI'm going home to see my parents
HD
qīnqi dōu lái le.
亲戚都来了。
ENall the relatives came
HD
wǒ jiào tā shūshu.
我叫他叔叔。
ENI call him uncle
HD
jiā lǐ rén hěn duō.
家里人很多。
ENit's a big family
HD
guòjié yào tuánjù.
过节要团聚。
ENwe gather for the holidays
HD
wǒ cháng gěi māma dǎ diànhuà.
我常给妈妈打电话。
ENI ring my mother often
HD
tāmen hěn guānxīn wǒ.
他们很关心我。
ENthey care about me a lot
HD
wǒ shì jiā lǐ lǎodà.
我是家里老大。
ENI'm the eldest
HD
zhǎngbèi shuō de yào tīng.
长辈说的要听。
ENlisten to your elders
HD
jiārén zuì zhòngyào.
家人最重要。
ENfamily comes first

叔叔 is your father's younger brother specifically - Chinese kinship terms encode which side of the family and which birth order, and 我叫他叔叔 therefore says more than "I call him uncle". 老家 is the ancestral home you return to, not simply where you were born.