| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 二老 | 二老 | èrlǎo | - mother and father - parents |
| 父母 | 父母 | fùmǔ | - father and mother - parents |
| 双亲 | 雙親 | shuāngqīn | - parents |
| 父母亲 | 父母親 | fùmǔqīn | - parents |
| 胞 | 胞 | bāo | - placenta - womb - born of the same parents |
| 不肖 | 不肖 | bùxiào | - (literary) unlike one's parents - degenerate - unworthy |
| 供养 | 供養 | gōngyǎng | - to supply - to provide for one's elders - to support one's parents |
| 公婆 | 公婆 | gōngpó | - husband's parents - parents-in-law |
| 同胞 | 同胞 | tóngbāo | - born of the same parents - sibling - fellow citizen - compatriot |
| 孝心 | 孝心 | xiàoxīn | - filial piety (a Confucian obligation) - respect and obedience to one's parents |
| 孝敬 | 孝敬 | xiàojìng | - to show filial respect - to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) - to support one's aged parents |
| 孝顺 | 孝順 | xiàoshùn | - filial piety - to be obedient to one's parents |
| 守制 | 守制 | shǒuzhì | - to go into mourning for one's parents |
| 守孝 | 守孝 | shǒuxiào | - to observe mourning for one's parents |
| 守服 | 守服 | shǒufú | - to observe mourning for one's parents |
| 忤逆 | 忤逆 | wǔnì | - disobedient to parents |
| 思亲 | 思親 | sīqīn | - to remember one's parents - to feel homesick for one's relatives |
| 所生 | 所生 | suǒshēng | - parents (father and mother) |
| 归宁 | 歸寧 | guīníng | - (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents |
| 省亲 | 省親 | xǐngqīn | - to visit one's parents |
| 绕膝 | 繞膝 | ràoxī | - (children) run around parent's knees - fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents |
| 亲家 | 親家 | qìngjia | - parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law - relatives by marriage |
| 啃老族 | 啃老族 | kěnlǎozú | - (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents |
| 生父母 | 生父母 | shēngfùmǔ | - biological parents - natural parents |
| 义父母 | 義父母 | yìfùmǔ | - foster parents - adoptive parents |
| 代替父母 | 代替父母 | dàitìfùmǔ | - in place of sb's parents - in loco parentis (law) |
| 令尊令堂 | 令尊令堂 | lìngzūnlìngtáng | - (honorific) your parents |
| 晨昏定省 | 晨昏定省 | chénhūndìngxǐng | - morning and evening visits to parents - cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] |
| 父母双亡 | 父母雙亡 | fùmǔshuāngwáng | - to have lost both one's parents |
| 纨绔子弟 | 紈絝子弟 | wánkùzǐdì | - hedonistic son of rich parents |
| 老吾老，以及人之老 | 老吾老，以及人之老 | lǎowúlǎo,yǐjírénzhīlǎo | - to honor old people as we do our own aged parents |
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