姨媽

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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yímā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ

  (Chengdu, SP): yi² ma¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
• Min Dong (BUC): ì-mā
• Min Nan (POJ): î-má
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi ma (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): i² ma¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
    • Yale: yìh mā, yī mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ ma¹, yi^4-1 ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ maː⁵⁵/, /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-mā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵³⁻³³ ma³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-má
    • Tâi-lô: î-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi ma (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi²² ma̱⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: i² ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i¹³ ma̠³³/

Noun

姨媽

1. (Mandarin, informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister, usually married)
2. (Cantonese) maternal aunt (mother's elder sister)
3. (Min Dong, Min Nan) great-aunt (grandmother's sister)
4. (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]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姨母
Mandarin	Beijing	姨媽 §, 姨兒
	Taiwan	阿姨, 姨媽
	Ulanhot	姨
	Tongliao	姨娘
	Chifeng	姨
	Bayanhot	姨媽, 姨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姨
	Harbin	姨
	Shenyang	姨娘 §, 姨
	Yantai (Muping)	姨
	Jinan	姨
	Luoyang	姨
	Wanrong	姨
	Zhengzhou	姨
	Xi'an	姨媽 >, 姨 <
	Yinchuan	姨媽
	Lanzhou	姨娘
	Xining	姨娘
	Ürümqi	姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
	Wuhan	姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
	Chengdu	姨媽, 娘娘
	Guiyang	姨媽
	Kunming	姨媽
	Guilin	姨媽
	Liuzhou	姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Xuzhou	姨
	Yangzhou	姨娘
	Nanjing	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Hefei	姨媽 §, 姨娘
	Nantong	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
	Singapore	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
	Hong Kong	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大姨, 阿姨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Macau	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	姨母 >, 姨 <
	Foshan (Shunde)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿姨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿姨, 姨媽 >
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姨
	Taishan	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姨
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿姨
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿姨
	Dongguan	阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	姨
	Shaoguan	姨媽, 阿姨
	Yunfu	阿姨
	Yangjiang	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Xinyi	𡜵奶
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
	Nanning	姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
	Wuzhou	阿姨
	Yulin	姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	姨婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	姨媽, 阿姨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan	Nanchang	姨, 姨娘
	Lichuan	姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
	Pingxiang	姨娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿姨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大姨, 晚姨 <
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿姨
	Yudu	姨, 姨奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿姨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿姨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿姨
	Hong Kong	大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿姨
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿姨
	Singkawang	阿姨
Huizhou	Jixi	姨
	Shexian	姨
	Tunxi	姨
Jin	Taiyuan	姨
	Xinzhou	姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	姨
	Linhe	姨姨
	Jining	姨
	Hohhot	姨姨
	Baotou	姨
	Dongsheng	姨
	Haibowan	姨媽
Min Bei	Jian'ou	嫲仔, 姨嫲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依姨, 姨
	Changle	依姨
	Fuqing	大姨 >, 姨囝 <
	Yongtai	依姨
	Gutian	大姨 >, 細姨 <
	Fu'an	姨
	Ningde	姨
	Shouning	姨奶
	Zhouning	姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
	Fuding	姨奶
	Matsu	依姨
	Singapore (Fuqing)	姨姨
Min Nan	Xiamen	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Quanzhou	阿姨, 姨
	Zhangzhou	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Kaohsiung	阿姨
	Yilan	阿姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姨
	Taichung	阿姨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿姨
	Tainan	阿姨
	Taitung	阿姨
	Hsinchu	阿姨
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姨
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姨, 姨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	姨仔 >, 細姨 <
	Chaozhou	阿姨
	Shantou	阿姨, 母姨
	Shantou (Chenghai)	阿姨
	Jieyang	阿姨
	Haifeng	姨
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姨
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姨
	Leizhou	尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
	Haikou	姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姨
	Xianyou	阿姨
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娘, 阿娘
Wu	Shanghai	姨媽, 阿姨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘姨
	Suzhou	娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
	Danyang	姨娘
	Hangzhou	姨娘
	Ningbo	姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Jinhua	姨娘
Xiang	Changsha	姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
	Loudi	大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Shuangfeng	大大娘 >, 姨基 <
	Quanzhou	姨, 娘娘
Note	§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

• (great-aunt): 姨婆 (yípó), 姨姥姥 (yílǎolao); (Min Bei) 姨嫲婆; (Xiang) 姨娭毑, 姨外婆

Derived terms

大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā)

Related terms

• (her husband) 姨父 (yífu), 姨丈 (yízhàng), 姨夫 (yífu), 姨爹 (yídiē)