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Ka-soh

Ka-soh when translated from Cantonese dialect, simply means daughter-in-law. In the olden days, Chinese from Cantonese dialect had very specific form of address for each family member. Only the elders have the rights to address the young by names.

All married females were address according to the rank / position of the male hierarchy in the family. Therefore, if her husband is the first son of the family, she will be addressed as dai ka-soh or simply ka-soh by her parents-in-law; yi ka-soh for the second son's wife and so on.

These daughter-in-laws were not allowed to address her husband's family members by their names but by the hierarchy in the family.

Example:

Rankings are based on sons and daughters; and not as according to the order of the birth.

But things have certainly been simplified now. Parent-in-laws are simply mom and dad, siblings are addressed by their given names.