阿妗

Chinese edit

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	wife of mother's brother
trad. (阿妗)		阿	妗
simp. ^#(阿妗)		阿	妗

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): aa³ kam⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): a¹ kim⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-kīm / a-kǐm / á-kǐm

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ gim⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ kam⁵
  - Yale: a káhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ kam⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ kem⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ kʰɐm¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: a¹ kim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³ kʰim²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-kīm
  - Tâi-lô: a-kīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'kim
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kim²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Yilan): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kim³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-kǐm
  - Tâi-lô: a-kǐm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ kim²²/
  - IPA (Lukang): /a³³ kim³³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-kǐm
  - Tâi-lô: á-kǐm
  - IPA (Philippines): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ gim⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a kĭm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ kim³⁵/

Noun edit

阿妗

(dialectal Cantonese, including Siyi Yue, Weitou Cantonese; dialectal Hakka; Southern Min; Puxian Min) maternal aunt (mother's sister-in-law)
(Cantonese) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 舅母 (“maternal aunt (wife of mother's brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舅母
Mandarin	Beijing	舅媽
	Taiwan	舅媽, 舅母
	Harbin	舅母
	Shenyang	舅媽
	Yantai (Muping)	舅母
	Jinan	舅母, 妗子
	Luoyang	妗子, 妗兒妗兒
	Wanrong	妗子
	Zhengzhou	妗
	Xi'an	妗子
	Yinchuan	舅媽
	Lanzhou	舅母
	Xining	舅母
	Ürümqi	舅母
	Wuhan	舅媽 >, 舅娘 <
	Chengdu	舅母兒, 舅媽
	Guiyang	舅媽
	Kunming	舅媽 >, 舅母 <
	Guilin	舅娘
	Liuzhou	舅媽 >, 舅娘 <
	Xuzhou	妗子
	Yangzhou	舅母
	Nanjing	舅母
	Hefei	舅嫫
	Singapore	舅媽, 舅母
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妗母, 舅母, 妗有
	Hong Kong	妗母, 舅母
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大妗, 阿妗, 妗仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿妗, 妗
	Macau	舅母
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	妗母, 舅母
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	妗母
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	妗母
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	妗母
	Foshan	妗母, 舅母
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	妗母
	Foshan (Shunde)	妗母
	Foshan (Sanshui)	妗母
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	舅母
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	舅母
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	妗母
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿妗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿妗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿妗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿妗
	Taishan	阿妗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿妗
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿妗
	Heshan (Yayao)	妗母
	Dongguan	阿母, 妗母
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	妗母
	Shaoguan	舅母
	Yunfu	舅母
	Yangjiang	舅娘
	Xinyi	舅母, 舅奶
	Lianjiang	妗乸
	Nanning	妗母
	Wuzhou	妗母
	Yulin	妗婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	妗婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	舅母
	Singapore (Guangfu)	舅母
Gan	Nanchang	舅母
	Lichuan	妗兒
	Pingxiang	舅娘
Hakka	Meixian	舅姆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿妗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舅娘
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舅娘仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舅娘
	Conghua (Lütian)	舅娘
	Changting	舅姆
	Wuping	舅姆
	Ninghua	舅母
	Yudu	舅母
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舅姆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舅姆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舅姆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舅姆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舅姆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	舅姆
	Hong Kong	舅母, 大舅娘 >, 舅娘仔 <
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	舅媽姆, 舅媽, 舅婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	舅娘, 阿妗
	Senai (Huiyang)	舅娘
	Singkawang	舅姆
Huizhou	Jixi	舅姆
	Shexian	舅姆
	Tunxi	舅姆
Jin	Taiyuan	妗妗, 舅母, 舅媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妗奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	娘妗 <>, 依妗 ><
	Fuqing	母妗 <>, 妗 ><, 阿妗 ><
	Matsu	依妗
Southern Min	Xiamen	母妗, 阿妗 ><
	Quanzhou	阿妗
	Zhangzhou	母妗, 阿妗 ><
	Taipei	阿妗
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿妗
	Kaohsiung	阿妗
	Yilan	阿妗
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿妗
	Taichung	阿妗
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿妗
	Tainan	阿妗
	Taitung	阿妗, 母妗
	Hsinchu	阿妗
	Kinmen	阿妗
	Penghu (Magong)	阿妗
	Penang (Hokkien)	妗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿妗
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿妗
	Longyan	妗婆仔
	Chaozhou	阿妗
	Shantou	阿妗, 妗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	阿妗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	阿妗
	Jieyang	阿妗
	Haifeng	妗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿妗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿妗
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿妗
	Leizhou	妗, 尼哯 <>, 哯 ><, 尼妗 <,<>
	Haikou	妗姩
Puxian Min	Putian	阿妗
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿妗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	妗母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妗娘, 舅娘
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	舅娘
Wu	Shanghai	舅媽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舅媽, 妗媽
	Suzhou	舅姆
	Danyang	舅嫚
	Hangzhou	舅姆
	Ningbo	舅姆
	Wenzhou	妗娘兒
	Jinhua	舅母
Xiang	Changsha	舅媽, 舅娘, 舅娘子
	Loudi	舅母
	Shuangfeng	舅母基
	Quanzhou	舅娘
Note	> - wife of mother's elder brother; < - wife of mother's younger brother; >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

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
Mandarin	Beijing	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Taiwan	弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦
	Jinan	兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
	Xi'an	兄弟媳婦兒
	Wuhan	弟媳婦, 弟媳
	Chengdu	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹
	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 (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	老弟嫂

阿妗

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