姊夫

Chinese

	older sister	husband; man
trad. (姊夫)	姊	夫
simp. ^#(姊夫)	姊	夫
alternative forms	姐夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐfū, jiěfū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄈㄨ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² fu¹ / ze² fu¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi³ hu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-hu / chí-po͘ / chié-hu / ché-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhfu
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-fu¹
  - Yale: dž-fū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyfu
  - Palladius: цзыфу (czyfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiěfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiěfu
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-fu¹
  - Yale: jyě-fū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieefu
  - Palladius: цзефу (czefu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi² fu¹ / ze² fu¹
  - Yale: jí fū / jé fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² fu¹ / dze² fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² fu¹ / zé² fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/, /t͡sɛː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    姊夫
    姐夫
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³ hu¹ [Phonetic: zi⁵ u¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cî-hu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)u⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³ hu¹ [Phonetic: zi⁵ u¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³²⁻²¹ ^(h-)u⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'hw
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡si⁵⁵⁻³⁵ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡si⁵³⁻²⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-po͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-poo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'pof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chié-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tsié-hu
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sie⁵⁵⁻³⁵ hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ché-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tsé-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefhw
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡se⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

姊夫

brother-in-law (elder sister's husband)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姐夫 (“brother-in-law (elder sister's husband)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姐夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	姐夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	姐夫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姐夫, 姐夫哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姐夫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姐夫
	Wanrong	姐夫
	Xi'an	姐夫
	Xining	姐夫
	Xuzhou	姐夫, 姐丈
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姐夫
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	姐夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姐夫, 姐夫哥
	Wuhan	姐夫, 姐夫哥
	Guiyang	姐夫 non-face-to-face, 姐哥 face-to-face, 姐夫哥 face-to-face
	Liuzhou	姐夫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姐夫, 姐丈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	姐夫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姐夫
	Hong Kong	姐夫
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	姐夫, 姊夫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	姐夫
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	姐夫
	Dongguan	姊夫
Gan	Nanchang	姐夫
	Lichuan	姐夫
	Pingxiang	姐夫
Hakka	Meixian	姊丈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姊丈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姊丈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姊丈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姊丈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姊丈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姊丈
	Hong Kong	姐夫
Huizhou	Jixi	姐夫
Jin	Taiyuan	姐夫
Jin	Xinzhou	姐夫, 姐夫啊 face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姊丈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姐夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	姊夫
	Quanzhou	姊丈, 姊夫
	Zhangzhou	姊夫
	Taipei	姊夫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	姊夫
	Kaohsiung	姊夫
	Yilan	姊夫
	Changhua (Lukang)	姊夫
	Taichung	姊夫
	Tainan	姊夫
	Hsinchu	姊夫
	Kinmen	姊夫
	Penghu (Magong)	姊夫
	Manila (Hokkien)	姊丈
	Chaozhou	姐夫, 阿郎
	Jieyang	姐夫, 阿郎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姐夫
Wu	Shanghai	姐夫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姐夫
	Suzhou	姐夫
	Danyang	姐夫
	Hangzhou	姐夫
	Ningbo	姐夫
	Wenzhou	姊夫
	Jinhua	姊夫
Xiang	Changsha	姐夫子
	Loudi	姐夫
	Hengyang	姐夫

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “姊夫”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 578.