zhí
brother's son; nephew

CEDICT

  1. Used to call oneself before someone in one's father's generation.
  2. child of a (male) friend in the same generation
  3. fraternal nephew or niece (originally only of a woman, but also of a man after the Jìn dynasty)

Wiktionary

称谓:(1)用以兄弟子女:「姪女」、「姪子」。(2)用以亲友子女:「」、「世姪」。(3)父执辈自称。《儒林外史第三一回》:「小姪已经令郎在此侍奉汤药。」

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