堂嫂

Chinese

		(main) hall; large room	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (堂嫂)		堂	嫂
simp. #(堂嫂)		堂	嫂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tángsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-sao³
    • Yale: táng-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngsao
    • Palladius: тансао (tansao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ sou²
    • Yale: tòhng sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ sou̯³⁵/

Noun

堂嫂

1. paternal cousin's wife (wife of father's brother's son older than oneself)

Synonyms

• (Huizhou) 叔伯嫂
• (Min Nan) 隔腹阿嫂