The Study on Kinship Appellations in Qiaopi (from Thailand to Chaoshan Area) and their Application

Abstract

Thai Chaoshan Qiaopi refers to the middle and late 18th century to the 1970s, the overseas Chinese in Thailand and China's Guangdong Chaoshan area through the folk channels and later financial, postal institutions carried out a kind of "silver and letter integration" communication mode and carrier. By classifying and analyzing the kinship appellations in the Qiaopi, this paper finds that the kinship appellations in the Qiaopi have the characteristics of rich and complete system, generalization of relative appellations, with local cultural characteristics, and often contain the emotional color of respect and humility, which reflects the spirit of respecting others and subordinating themselves in the traditional Chinese culture. Understanding this feature is helpful to guide students in the teaching of kinship terms in the cultural teaching of international Chinese education.