姨爹
Chinese
| maternal aunt | dad | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (姨爹) | 姨 | 爹 | |
| simp. #(姨爹) | 姨 | 爹 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
姨爹
- (chiefly regional, Southern Chinese) maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
- 我父親每日為兩位姨娘操心，要尋兩個又有根基又富貴又青年又俏皮的兩位姨爹，好聘嫁這二位姨娘的。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: Dream of the Red Chamber, 63:
- Wǒ fùqīn měirì wèi liǎng wèi yíniáng cāoxīn, yào xún liǎng ge yòu yǒu gēnjī yòu fùguì yòu qīngnián yòu qiàopí de liǎng wèi yídiē, hǎo pìnjià zhè èr wèi yíniáng de. [Pinyin]
- My father worries about his two concubines everyday; he needs to find two guys who are young, established, wealthy and charming, so that he can marry off these two concubines.
我父亲每日为两位姨娘操心，要寻两个又有根基又富贵又青年又俏皮的两位姨爹，好聘嫁这二位姨娘的。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姨丈 (“maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姨丈, 姨父, 姨夫 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 姨夫 |
| Taiwan | 姨丈 | |
| Harbin | 姨夫 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 姨夫 | |
| Jinan | 姨夫 | |
| Luoyang | 姨夫 | |
| Wanrong | 姨夫 | |
| Xi'an | 姨夫 | |
| Xining | 姨夫 | |
| Ürümqi | 姨夫 | |
| Wuhan | 姨爹 | |
| Chengdu | 姨爹 | |
| Xuzhou | 姨夫 | |
| Yangzhou | 姨夫 | |
| Hefei | 姨夫 | |
| Singapore | 姨丈 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨丈 |
| Hong Kong | 姨丈 | |
| Dongguan | 姨丈 | |
| Yangjiang | 姨丈 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姨丈 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 姨丈 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姨爹 |
| Lichuan | 姨夫 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 姨丈 |
| Yudu | 姨丈 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 姨丈 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 姨丈 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 姨丈 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 姨丈 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 姨丈 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 姨丈 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 姨丈 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姨父, 姨夫 |
| Xinzhou | 姨夫 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 姨丈 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 姨夫 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 姨丈, 阿丈 |
| Quanzhou | 姨丈 | |
| Zhangzhou | 姨丈 | |
| Taipei | 姨丈 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 姨丈 | |
| Kaohsiung | 姨丈 | |
| Yilan | 姨丈 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 姨丈 | |
| Taichung | 姨丈 | |
| Tainan | 姨丈 | |
| Hsinchu | 姨丈 | |
| Kinmen | 姨丈 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 姨丈 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 姨丈, 阿丈 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 姨丈 | |
| Chaozhou | 姨丈, 阿丈 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 姨丈 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 姨丈 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 姨丈 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姨丈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姨夫 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 姨夫 | |
| Suzhou | 姨夫 | |
| Hangzhou | 乾爺, 姨夫, 姨丈 | |
| Ningbo | 姨丈 | |
| Wenzhou | 夫爺 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨爺子, 姨爺, 姨爹 |
| Shuangfeng | 大大爺 >, 姨爺子 < | |
| Note | > - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister | |
Derived terms
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Related terms
- (wife, formal) 姨母 (yímǔ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters)
- (wife, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí), 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)