| 堂 | táng | (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |
| 表哥 | biǎo gē | older male cousin via female line |
| 堂弟 | táng dì | younger male patrilineal cousin |
| 堂哥 | táng gē | older male patrilineal cousin |
| 表妹 | biǎo mèi | younger female cousin via female line |
| 堂妹 | táng mèi | younger female patrilineal cousin |
| 堂姐 | táng jiě | older female patrilineal cousin |
| 表亲 | biǎo qīn | cousin (via female line) |
| 表弟 | biǎo dì | younger male cousin via female line |
| 表嫂 | biǎo sǎo | wife of older male cousin via female line |
| 堂兄 | táng xiōng | older male patrilineal cousin |
| 表兄 | biǎo xiōng | older male cousin via female line |
| 表姐 | biǎo jiě | older female cousin via female line |
| 表叔 | biǎo shū | son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander |
| 叔伯 | shū bai | (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather |
| 表侄 | biǎo zhí | son of a male cousin via female line |
| 表兄弟 | biǎo xiōng dì | male cousins via female line |
| 林黛玉 | Lín Dài yù | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 |
| 贾宝玉 | Jiǎ Bǎo yù | Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 |
| 堂姊妹 | táng zǐ mèi | father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin |
| 阿难 | Ē nán | Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple |
| 堂兄弟 | táng xiōng dì | father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin |
| 表妹夫 | biǎo mèi fu | husband of younger female cousin via female line |
| 表姐妹 | biǎo jiě mèi | female cousins via female line |
| 表姑 | biǎo gū | father's female cousin via female line |