Definition
母系 refers to the mother's side in terms of lineage or descent, often used in anthropological or kinship contexts to describe matrilineal or matriarchal systems. It appears in terms like 母系社会 (matrilineal society) and 母系亲戚 (relatives on the mother's side). For simply 'mother's side of the family' without a systemic connotation, the word 母方 (mǔ fāng) is more common.
noun
maternal lineagematrilineal system
n./attr.
(attributive) matrilinealmatriarchal
Examples
- 母系。Zhège bùluò réngrán bǎoliú zhe mǔ xì zhìdù.This tribe still retains a matrilineal system.
- 母系。mǔ xì qīnqi zhǐ de shì mǔqīn yìfāng de qīnshǔ.Matrilineal relatives refer to the relatives on the mother's side.
- 母系，。Zài mǔ xì shèhuì zhōng, cáichǎn yóu nǚxìng jìchéng.In a matrilineal society, property is inherited by women.
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