阿嫂
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
older brother's wife; sister-in-law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿嫂) | 阿 | 嫂 | |
| simp. #(阿嫂) | 阿 | 嫂 | |
| alternative forms | 亞嫂／亚嫂 Cantonese | ||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa3 sou2
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa3 sou2
- Yale: a sóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 sou2
- Guangdong Romanization: a3 sou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /aː³³ sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-só
- Hakka Romanization System: aˊ soˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: a1 so3
- Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ so³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: a˖ soˊ
- Sinological IPA: /a³³ so²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: a1 sau3
- Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sau³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-só
- Tâi-lô: a-só
- Phofsit Daibuun: asoir
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
- IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁴²/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 so2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a só
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ so⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Noun
阿嫂
- (direct address in Southern Min, both direct and indirect address in Cantonese and Hakka) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
- (dialectal Cantonese) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, direct address) married woman of the same generation
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien, direct address, euphemistic) mother
- (Cantonese) wife of one's boss or superior
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 嫂子 (“sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 弟婦 (“sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)”) [map]
Descendants
- → English: Ah Soh