How to write 侄

侄 (zhí) 1. Nephew; the son of a brother or other male relatives of the same generation. - 侄儿 (zhí er) - nephew - 侄女 (zhí nǚ) - niece - 叔侄 (shū zhí) - uncle and nephew - 子侄辈 (zǐ zhí bèi) - the generation of sons and nephews - 侄孙 (zhí sūn) - grandnephew 补充说明 (Supplementary Note): 1. (侄为姪的俗字) - 侄 is a colloquial variant of 姪. Exact meaning: children of brothers or male relatives of the same generation. 2. Related references: - 《说文》: 姪，兄之女也。从女，至声。 (In Shuowen, it states that 姪 refers to the daughter of a brother.) - 《尔雅》: 女子谓兄弟之子为姪。 (Erya states that women refer to the sons of brothers as 姪.) - 《仪礼·丧服传》: 谓吾姑者，吾谓之姪。 (In the Rites of Zhou, it speaks of calling my aunt's child 姪.) - 《礼记·曲礼》: 大夫不名世臣姪娣。 (In the Book of Rites, it says that noblemen do not name their wife's brother's children.) - 《左传·襄公二十三年》: 继室以其姪。 (In the Zuo Zhuan, it talks about the widow bringing her nephew.) - 《左传·僖公十五年》: 姪其从姑。 (In the Zuo Zhuan, it states 'nephew coming from the paternal aunt.') - 《国语·周语》: 则我皇妣大姜之姪。 (In Guoyu, it refers to ‘the nephew of my royal grandmother, Lady Jiang.’) There are notes indicating that both male and female offspring can be called 姪, but the term is typically used by women to describe their brother's son. A male will refer to his brother's son as 从子. - 《左传·僖公十五年》: 侄其从姑。 例 (Example): - 侄少爷 (zhí shào yé) - a respectful title for a nephew in the past - 侄儿 (zhí er) - nephew - 侄儿子 (zhí er zǐ) - nephew - 侄哥 (zhí gē) - affectionate term for nephew - 表侄 (biǎo zhí) - cousin nephew - 内侄 (nèi zhí) - inner nephew (typically refers to the son of a sister) - 世侄 (shì zhí) - generational nephew