妻弟
Chinese
| wife; to marry off (a daughter) | younger brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (妻弟) | 妻 | 弟 | |
| simp. #(妻弟) | 妻 | 弟 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
妻弟
- brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)
- (literary) sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小舅子 (“brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 內弟, 妻弟, 婦弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 內弟, 妻弟 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 小舅子 |
| Taiwan | 小舅子 | |
| Harbin | 小舅子 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 小舅子 | |
| Jinan | 小舅子 | |
| Luoyang | 小舅子 | |
| Wanrong | 小舅子 | |
| Xi'an | 丈人兄弟, 小舅子 | |
| Yinchuan | 妻弟 | |
| Lanzhou | 小舅子 | |
| Xining | 小舅子 | |
| Ürümqi | 小舅子 | |
| Wuhan | 小舅佬, 舅弟 | |
| Chengdu | 小舅子 | |
| Guiyang | 小舅, 小舅子 | |
| Liuzhou | 小舅子, 舅崽 | |
| Xuzhou | 內弟兒, 內弟 | |
| Yangzhou | 舅子, 舅爺 | |
| Nanjing | 小舅子, 小舅爺 | |
| Hefei | 小舅子 | |
| Nantong | 舅子 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 小舅子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 舅仔 |
| Hong Kong | 舅仔 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 舅, 阿舅 | |
| Macau | 舅仔 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 舅仔 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 舅仔 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 舅仔 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 舅仔 | |
| Foshan | 舅仔 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 舅仔 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 舅仔 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 舅仔 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿舅 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 舅仔 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 舅仔 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 舅仔 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 舅仔 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 舅仔 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 舅仔 | |
| Taishan | 舅仔 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 舅仔 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 舅仔 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 舅仔 | |
| Dongguan | 舅仔 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 舅仔 | |
| Yangjiang | 舅仔, 舅爺 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 舅仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小舅子 |
| Lichuan | 霞舅崽 | |
| Pingxiang | 舅仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細阿舅, 舅爺 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 舅仔 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 舅仔 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 舅仔 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 舅子 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 內弟 | |
| Yudu | 舅公子, 舅母子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 妻舅仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 妻舅仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 舅仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 妻舅, 阿舅 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 妻舅仔, 舅仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿舅 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 舅仔 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 內弟 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小舅子 |
| Xinzhou | 小舅子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 小老媽舅 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 細舅 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 舅仔 |
| Quanzhou | 舅仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 舅仔 | |
| Taipei | 舅仔 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 舅仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 舅仔 | |
| Yilan | 舅仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 舅仔 | |
| Taichung | 舅仔 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 舅仔 | |
| Tainan | 舅仔 | |
| Taitung | 舅仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 舅仔 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 細舅仔 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 舅仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 舅囝, 細舅 | |
| Jieyang | 舅囝, 細舅 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 細舅 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 妻舅 | |
| Leizhou | 外家老弟, 婆舅 | |
| Haikou | 外家舅𡠤 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 細舅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細舅 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小舅子, 內弟, 阿舅 dated |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 小阿舅 | |
| Suzhou | 阿舅, 舅老 | |
| Danyang | 舅子 | |
| Hangzhou | 小舅佬 | |
| Ningbo | 舅老, 舅老爺, 阿舅 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿舅, 老婆舅 | |
| Jinhua | 大舅 | |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) | 老婆舅 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 小舅子 |
| Loudi | 阿舅子 | |
| Shuangfeng | 細舅子 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 妻弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹 | |
| Mandarin | Harbin | 小姨子 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 小姨子 | |
| Jinan | 小姨子 | |
| Luoyang | 小姨子 | |
| Wanrong | 小姨子 | |
| Xi'an | 小姨子 | |
| Yinchuan | 小姨子 | |
| Ürümqi | 小姨子 | |
| Wuhan | 姨妹 | |
| Chengdu | 小姨妹, 小姨妹兒 | |
| Guiyang | 姨妹 | |
| Liuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Xuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Yangzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Nanjing | 小姨子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨仔 |
| Hong Kong | 姨仔 | |
| Dongguan | 姨仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小姨子 |
| Lichuan | 小姨崽 non-face-to-face | |
| Pingxiang | 姨仔 also for elder sister | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 小姨 face-to-face, 小姨子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小姨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小姨子 |
| Xinzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 小姨嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 細姨 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 姨仔, 小姨仔 |
| Quanzhou | 姨仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 姨仔, 小姨仔 | |
| Tainan | 姨仔 GT | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 姨仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 妻姨, 細姨 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face |
| Danyang | 小姨 | |
| Hangzhou | 小姨媽 | |
| Ningbo | 小姨 | |
| Jinhua | 小姨 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨妹子 |
| Loudi | 姨妹 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |