小姨
Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
one's mother's sister; aunt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小姨) | 小 | 姨 | |
| simp. #(小姨) | 小 | 姨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyí
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyí
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-i2
- Yale: syǎu-yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyi
- Palladius: сяои (sjaoi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 小姨
小遺 / 小遗
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2 ji4
- Yale: síu yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ jiː²¹/
- Homophones:
小兒 / 小儿
小姨
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
小姨
- mother's youngest sister
- sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小姨 (“mother's youngest sister”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨仔 |
| Hong Kong | 細姨 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滿姨 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滿姨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滿姨, 滿姨仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滿姨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滿姨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滿姨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滿姨 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小姨嫲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 尾姨 |
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) | |
See also
- 大姨 (dàyí)