姨娘
Chinese
one's mother's sister; aunt | mother; young lady | ||
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trad. (姨娘) | 姨 | 娘 | |
simp. #(姨娘) | 姨 | 娘 | |
anagram | 娘姨 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Gan (Wiktionary): i4 nyiong
- Jin (Wiktionary): i1 nion1
- Eastern Min (BUC): ì-niòng
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6yi-gnian / 2yi-gnian2 / 5gn-gnian2
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): i2 nian2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yíniáng
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yíniáng
- Wade–Giles: i2-niang2
- Yale: yí-nyáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiniang
- Palladius: инян (injan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Eastern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
姨娘
- (dated or Jin, Wenzhounese) concubine
- (Eastern Min) father's concubine
- (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Wu) maternal aunt (mother's sister)
- (Hengyang Xiang) maternal aunt (mother's younger sister)
- (Shaoxing Wu) (direct term of address) stepmother
- Synonym: (indirect term of address) 晚娘 (wǎnniáng)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 繼母 (“stepmother”) [map]