The term "Shifu" is a combination of the characters "teacher" and "father" (師父) or a combination of the characters "teacher" and "mentor" (師傅). The traditional Chinese martial arts school, or "kwoon" (館, guǎn) is an extended family headed by the Shifu. The Shifu's teacher is the "師公 honorable master" or "Shigong". Similarly the Shifu's wife is the "Shimu" "teacher mother" and the grandmaster's wife is known as: 師姥 shi lao; or 師婆 shi po. Male and female students who began training before you and are thus senior, are 師兄"Shixiong" "teacher older brothers" and 師姐 "Shijie" "teacher's sisters". Women in traditional society did not have the same status as males (despite what modern movies depict). Students junior to you are your "Shidi" and "Shimei". The pattern extends to uncles, aunts, cousins, great uncles, and so forth (see above for a complete list of relational terms).