姨妹
Chinese
| one's mother's sister; aunt | younger sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (姨妹) | 姨 | 妹 | |
| simp. #(姨妹) | 姨 | 妹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yímèi
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yímèi
- Wade–Giles: i2-mei4
- Yale: yí-mèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimey
- Palladius: имэй (imɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 mui6
- Yale: yìh muih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 mui6
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 mui6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ muːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
姨妹
- sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 妻弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小姨子 |
| Harbin | 小姨子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小姨子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小姨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小姨子 |
| Wanrong | 小姨子 | |
| Xi'an | 小姨子 | |
| Xuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小姨子 |
| Ürümqi | 小姨子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小姨妹, 小姨妹兒, 姨妹兒 |
| Wuhan | 姨妹 | |
| Guiyang | 姨妹 | |
| Liuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小姨子 |
| Yangzhou | 小姨子, 姨子 | |
| Hefei | 小姨子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨仔 |
| Hong Kong | 姨仔 | |
| Dongguan | 姨仔 | |
| Yangjiang | 姨仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小姨子, 姨子 |
| Lichuan | 小姨崽 non-face-to-face | |
| Pingxiang | 姨仔 also for elder sister | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 妻阿姨 |
| Yudu | 小姨 face-to-face, 小姨子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小姨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小姨子 |
| Xinzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小姨嫲, 小姨嫲仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姨仔, 小姨仔 |
| Quanzhou | 姨仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 姨仔, 小姨仔 | |
| Tainan | 姨仔 GT | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 姨仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 細姨 | |
| Jieyang | 妻姨, 阿姨, 姨囝, 嬡 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿姨囝, 姨囝 |
| Xianyou | 阿姨囝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face |
| Suzhou | 阿姨 | |
| Danyang | 小姨 | |
| Hangzhou | 小姨媽 | |
| Ningbo | 小姨 | |
| Wenzhou | 姨娘 | |
| Jinhua | 小姨 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨妹子 |
| Loudi | 姨妹 | |
| Shuangfeng | 姨妹 | |
| Hengyang | 姨妹子 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |