姨丈

Chinese

one's mother's sister; aunt husband
trad. (姨丈)
simp. #(姨丈)

Pronunciation


Noun

姨丈

  1. maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)

Synonyms

  • (wife, formal) 姨母 (yímǔ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters)
  • (wife, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí), 姨媽姨妈 (yímā)

References

  • 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “姨丈”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 58.
  • 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), “姨丈”, 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 296.
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “933 姨夫”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 383.