阿姨
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people | one's mother's sister; aunt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿姨) | 阿 | 姨 | |
| simp. #(阿姨) | 阿 | 姨 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿姨
- (informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
- 她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
- She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]
- (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
- (endearing) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
- a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.
- (euphemistic) mom; mother
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 | |
See also
- (her husband) 姨父 (yífu), 姨丈 (yízhàng), 姨夫 (yífu)
Proper noun
阿姨
- (Internet slang) Liu Zhongjing (劉仲敬), Chinese political philosopher
Derived terms
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