Chinese term for older daughter of father's brother

堂姐 is the Chinese kinship term for older daughter of father's brother.

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There is no single English term for 堂姐; the one with the closest meaning is older paternal female cousin.

Older paternal female cousin can refer to any one of these:

• 堂姐 older daughter of father's brother

• 表姐 older daughter of father's sister.

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怡文的堂姐的哥哥是怡明 。

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父亲兄弟姐妹的孩子都是自己的堂兄弟姐妹吗？

堂兄弟姐妹=父亲兄弟的孩子。

表兄弟姐妹=父亲姊妹的孩子 或 母亲兄弟姊妹的孩子。

也就是说，父亲姐妹的孩子不是自己的堂兄弟姐妹。

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同姓的是堂x，不同姓的是表x。

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Only paternal cousins with the same surname are 堂x.

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