堂姊

Chinese

		(main) hall; large room	older sister
trad. (堂姊)		堂	姊
simp. #(堂姊)		堂	姊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tángzǐ, tángjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄗˇ, ㄊㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: táng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngtzyy
    • Palladius: танцзы (tanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángjiě
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-chieh³
    • Yale: táng-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngjiee
    • Palladius: танцзе (tancze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tòhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

堂姊

1. paternal cousin (father's brother's daughter older than oneself)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 堂姐 (“cousin (father's brother's daughter older than oneself)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		堂姐, 堂姊
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	堂姐
	Harbin	叔伯姐姐
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	叔伯姐姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	叔伯兒姐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	叔伯姐
	Xining	叔伯姐姐
	Xuzhou	堂姐
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	堂姐
	Ürümqi	叔伯姐姐
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	叔伯姐姐
	Wuhan	叔伯姐姐
	Guiyang	堂姐
	Liuzhou	叔伯姐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	堂姐, 堂姐姐
	Yangzhou	堂姐, 堂房姐姐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	堂家姐
	Hong Kong	堂家姐
Gan	Nanchang	叔伯姐姐
	Lichuan	堂姐, 堂下箇霞志
Hakka	Meixian	叔伯阿姊
Huizhou	Jixi	堂姐, 叔伯姐
Jin	Taiyuan	叔伯姐姐
	Xinzhou	叔伯姐姐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叔伯姐
Southern Min	Xiamen	隔腹阿姊
	Quanzhou	隔腹阿姊
	Jinjiang	隔腹阿姊
	Zhangzhou	隔腹阿姊
	Taipei	隔腹阿姊 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	隔腹阿姊
	Leizhou	堂尼姊, 隔皮尼姊
	Haikou	從大姊
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	堂大姐
Wu	Shanghai	堂阿姐, 堂阿姊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	叔伯阿姐
	Suzhou	堂姐, 堂房阿姐
	Danyang	堂姐, 房門姐姐
	Hangzhou	堂阿姐
	Ningbo	堂阿姐
	Wenzhou	堂房阿姹, 叔伯阿姹
	Jinhua	叔伯姊
Xiang	Changsha	堂姐
	Loudi	叔伯姐姐
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)