Taiwan Mandarin

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外甥

wài shēng·ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ

“nephew; specifically the son of one's sister.”

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Outside; external; foreign; in addition; not belonging to a certain scope; referring to relatives on the mother's or wife's side; a role in traditional opera playing an elderly man.

Sister's son; nephew; a term for a grandchild (especially grandson) in classical texts; son-in-law.