How to write 甥

甥 [shēng] 名 【本义】: 姐妹的儿子 [En.] Nephew; sister’s son 1. 同本义 [En.] Nephew; sister’s son 2. 古代为姑之子、舅之子、妻之兄弟、姊妹之夫的通称 [En.] Various nephews and nieces; cousins of lower generation 3. 女婿 [En.] Son-in-law 引 1. 《说文》：甥，谓我舅者，我谓之甥。 [En.] “Shuowen”: A nephew is someone who is my uncle's child, and I call him 'shēng'. 2. 《释名》：舅谓姊妹之子曰甥。甥亦生也。出配他男而生，故其制字男傍作生也。 [En.] "Shiming": A sister's child is called 'shēng'. 'Shēng' also means to be born. Therefore, the character is formed with 'male' next to 'born'. 3. 《国语·晋语》：青阳，方雷氏之甥也。 [En.] "Guoyu·Jinyu": Qingyang is a nephew of the Fang Lei family. 4. 清·方苞《左忠毅公逸事》：余宗老涂山，左公甥也。 [En.] Qing Dynasty, Fang Bao in “The Anecdotes of Zuo Zhongyi”: I, the elder of the Zu family, am also the nephew of Zuo Gong. 例 又如: 甥徒(外甥辈); 甥孙(姊妹之孙); 甥婿(外甥和女婿; 外甥女婿); 甥舅(外甥和舅舅，亦指女婿和岳父) [En.] For example: shēng tú (nephew generation); shēng sūn (sister's grandson); shēng xù (nephew and son-in-law; niece’s husband); shēng jiù (nephew and uncle, also refers to son-in-law and father-in-law). 古代为姑之子、舅之子、妻之兄弟、姊妹之夫的通称 [En.] Various nephews and nieces; cousins of lower generation 引 1. 《尔雅·释亲》：妻党。姑之子为甥，舅之子为甥，妻之兄弟为甥，姊妹之夫为甥。 [En.] "Erya·Shiqin": In the wife's clan, the son of the father-in-law is a nephew, the son of the uncle is a nephew, the brothers of the wife are nephews, and the husbands of the sisters are nephews. 女婿 [En.] Son-in-law 例 如: 甥馆(女婿在丈人家的住所。后甥馆用为女婿的代称) [En.] For example: shēng guǎn (a residence for the son-in-law at the father-in-law’s house; later, it is used as a term for son-in-law).