姨妹

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	younger sister
trad. (姨妹)		姨	妹
simp. #(姨妹)		姨	妹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yímèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ mui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yímèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yímèi
    • Wade–Giles: i²-mei⁴
    • Yale: yí-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimey
    • Palladius: имэй (imɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ mui⁶
    • Yale: yìh muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ muːi̯²²/

Noun

姨妹

1. sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妻弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	小姨子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小姨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小姨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小姨子
	Wanrong	小姨子
	Xi'an	小姨子
	Xuzhou	小姨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小姨子
	Ürümqi	小姨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小姨妹, 小姨妹兒
	Wuhan	姨妹
	Guiyang	姨妹
	Liuzhou	小姨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小姨子
	Yangzhou	小姨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨仔
	Hong Kong	姨仔
	Dongguan	姨仔
Gan	Nanchang	小姨子
	Lichuan	小姨崽 non-face-to-face
	Pingxiang	姨仔 also for elder sister
Hakka	Yudu	小姨 face-to-face, 小姨子
Huizhou	Jixi	小姨
Jin	Taiyuan	小姨子
	Xinzhou	小姨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小姨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Quanzhou	姨仔
	Zhangzhou	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Tainan	姨仔 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	姨仔
	Chaozhou	妻姨, 細姨
Wu	Shanghai	阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face
	Danyang	小姨
	Hangzhou	小姨媽
	Ningbo	小姨
	Jinhua	小姨
Xiang	Changsha	姨妹子
	Loudi	姨妹
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)