姨媽
See also: 姨妈
Chinese
| one's mother's sister; aunt | mother; mama | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (姨媽) | 姨 | 媽 | |
| simp. (姨妈) | 姨 | 妈 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji4 maa1
- Eastern Min (BUC): ì-mā
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): i2 ma3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-má
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yi-ma
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i2 ma1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yímā
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yíma
- Wade–Giles: i2-ma1
- Yale: yí-mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimha
- Palladius: има (ima)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵ mä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: yi2 ma1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ima
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹ ma⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 maa1
- Yale: yìh mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 maa1
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 ma1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ maː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: i2 ma3 [Phonetic: i5 ma3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: í-mâ
- Sinological IPA (key): /i¹³⁻¹¹ ma⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: i2 ma3 [Phonetic: i5 ma3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²⁴⁻²¹ ma³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
姨媽
- (Mandarin, informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister, usually married)
- (Cantonese) maternal aunt (mother's elder sister)
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min) great-aunt (grandmother's sister)
- (informal) Alternative name for 大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā, “menstrual period”).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “姨妈”, 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.
- 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) “935 姨奶奶（父之姨母）”, 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.