姨父

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	father
trad. (姨父)		姨	父
simp. #(姨父)		姨	父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yífu, yífù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yífu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yífů
    • Wade–Giles: i²-fu⁵
    • Yale: yí-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi.fu
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ fu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yífù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yífù
    • Wade–Giles: i²-fu⁴
    • Yale: yí-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yifuh
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ fu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ fu⁶
    • Yale: yìh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ fuː²²/

Noun

姨父

1. (chiefly Northern Chinese) maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)

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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姨丈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姨夫
Southern Min	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

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)