小姨
Chinese edit
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
one's mother's sister; aunt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小姨) | 小 | 姨 | |
| simp. #(小姨) | 小 | 姨 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
小姨
- mother's youngest sister
- sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 小姨 (“mother's youngest sister”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨仔 |
| Hong Kong | 細姨 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滿姨 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滿姨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滿姨, 滿姨仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滿姨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滿姨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滿姨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滿姨 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小姨嫲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 尾姨 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 妻弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹 | |
| Mandarin | Harbin | 小姨子 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 小姨子 | |
| Jinan | 小姨子 | |
| Luoyang | 小姨子 | |
| Wanrong | 小姨子 | |
| Xi'an | 小姨子 | |
| Yinchuan | 小姨子 | |
| Ürümqi | 小姨子 | |
| Wuhan | 姨妹 | |
| Chengdu | 小姨妹, 小姨妹兒 | |
| Guiyang | 姨妹 | |
| Liuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Xuzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Yangzhou | 小姨子 | |
| Nanjing | 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) | |
See also edit
- 大姨 (dàyí)