弟婦

Chinese

		younger brother	woman
trad. (弟婦)		弟	婦
simp. (弟妇)		弟	妇
anagram		婦弟／妇弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ fu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hū / tě-hǔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìfù
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: dì-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihfuh
    • Palladius: дифу (difu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ fu⁵
    • Yale: daih fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² fuː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tē-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexhu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tě-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: tě-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te²² hu²²/

Noun

弟婦

1. younger brother's wife; sister-in-law

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		弟婦, 弟媳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Taiwan	弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	兄弟媳婦兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Wuhan	弟媳婦, 弟媳
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	弟媳婦
	Hefei	弟媳婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	弟嫂, 弟媳, 弟嬸, 阿妗
	Hong Kong	弟婦, 阿妗
	Foshan	阿妗
	Foshan (Shunde)	弟婦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	弟婦
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿嫂
	Taishan	阿嫂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嫂
	Dongguan	弟婦
	Yangjiang	弟嬸, 小嬸
Gan	Nanchang	老弟新婦, 老弟媳婦
Hakka	Meixian	老弟心臼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老弟心臼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老弟嫂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老弟新婦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老弟新婦
Jin	Taiyuan	弟媳婦, 弟妹, 弟媳婦子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	弟新婦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	弟新婦, 弟人
Southern Min	Xiamen	小嬸
	Quanzhou	小嬸
	Zhangzhou	小嬸, 細妗仔
	Taipei	小嬸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung	弟婦仔
	Yilan	弟婦仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Taichung	弟婦仔, 小嬸
	Tainan	妗仔, 弟婦仔
	Hsinchu	小嬸
	Kinmen	小嬸
	Manila (Hokkien)	小嬸
	Chaozhou	小姆
	Shantou	弟嫂
Wu	Shanghai	弟新婦
	Suzhou	弟媳婦
	Wenzhou	弟媳婦
Xiang	Changsha	老弟媳婦, 老弟嫂
	Shuangfeng	老弟嫂