外甥

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	nephew
trad. (外甥)		外	甥
simp. ^#(外甥)		外	甥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wàishēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэсын (vesɨn, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ sang¹ / ngoi⁶ saang¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ sên¹
Northern Min (KCR): nguōi-sáng
Eastern Min (BUC): ngiê-sĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōe-seng / gōe-sng / gōa-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ sêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàishēng → wàisheng (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ → ㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄕㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàishe̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-shêng⁵
  - Yale: wài-sheng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: way.sheng
  - Palladius: вайшэн (vajšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэсын (vesɨn, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɛ⁴⁴ səŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ sang¹ / ngoi⁶ saang¹
  - Yale: ngoih sāng / ngoih sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ sang¹ / ngoi⁶ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ seng¹ / ngoi⁶ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋɔːi̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi⁴ sên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³ sɛn⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nguōi-sáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuɛ⁵⁵ saŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiê-sĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋie²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōe-seng
  - Tâi-lô: guē-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goexsefng
  - IPA (Lukang): /ɡue³¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ɡue²²⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡue³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōe-sng
  - Tâi-lô: guē-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goexsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɡue⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-seng
  - Tâi-lô: guā-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxsefng
  - IPA (Penang): /ɡua²¹ seŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ sêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā seng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ seŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-san
  - MiniDict: nga^去 san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² sã⁴⁴/

Noun

外甥

sororal nephew (sister's son)
(dialectal) grandson (daughter's son)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外甥 (“sororal nephew”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外甥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外甥
	Taiwan	外甥
	Harbin	外甥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	外甥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	外甥
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	外甥兒
	Wanrong	外甥子
	Xi'an	外甥
	Xining	外甥娃
	Xuzhou	外甥
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	外甥子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	外甥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	外姪, 外姪兒
	Wuhan	外甥, 外外
	Guiyang	外甥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	外甥子
	Yangzhou	外甥子
	Hefei	外甥子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外甥
	Hong Kong	外甥, 外甥仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	外甥
	Macau	外甥
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	外甥
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	外甥
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	外甥
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	外甥
	Foshan	外甥
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	外甥
	Foshan (Shunde)	外甥
	Foshan (Sanshui)	外甥
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	外甥仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外甥
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	外甥
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	外甥
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	外甥
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	外甥
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	外甥
	Taishan	甥子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	甥子
	Enping (Niujiang)	外甥
	Heshan (Yayao)	外甥
	Dongguan	外甥, 外甥哥 used by men
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	外甥
	Yangjiang	外甥
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	外甥
Gan	Nanchang	外甥
	Lichuan	外甥
	Pingxiang	外甥
Hakka	Meixian	外甥
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	外甥
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	外甥仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	外甥
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	外甥
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	外甥
	Yudu	外甥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外甥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外甥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	外甥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	外甥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	外甥仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外甥
	Senai (Huiyang)	外甥
Huizhou	Jixi	外甥
Jin	Taiyuan	外甥, 外甥子
Jin	Xinzhou	外甥子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外甥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外甥
Southern Min	Xiamen	外甥
	Quanzhou	外甥
	Zhangzhou	外甥
	Taipei	外甥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	外甥仔
	Kaohsiung	外甥仔
	Yilan	外甥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	外甥
	Taichung	外甥仔, 孫仔
	Tainan	外甥仔
	Hsinchu	外甥仔
	Kinmen	外甥
	Penghu (Magong)	外甥
	Penang (Hokkien)	外甥
	Manila (Hokkien)	外甥
	Chaozhou	外甥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	外甥, 孫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	外甥
	Haikou	外甥
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	甥子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外甥
Wu	Shanghai	外甥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	外甥
	Suzhou	外甥
	Danyang	外甥
	Hangzhou	外甥
	Ningbo	外甥頑
	Wenzhou	外甥, 外甥兒
	Jinhua	外甥
Xiang	Changsha	外甥, 外甥子, 外姪, 外姪伢子
	Loudi	外甥, 外甥伢唧
	Shuangfeng	外甥

Dialectal synonyms of 外孫 (“grandson (daughter's son)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外孫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外孫子
	Taiwan	外孫子, 外孫
	Singapore	外孫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	外甥
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	外孫子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	外孫兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	外孫, 外孫伢, 外外
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	外孫子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	外孫子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外孫
	Hong Kong	外孫
	Taishan	外孫
	Yangjiang	外甥, 外甥孫
Gan	Nanchang	外甥
Hakka	Meixian	外孫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外孫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外孫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	外孫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	外孫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	外孫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外孫
Jin	Taiyuan	外孫, 外孫子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外甥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外甥, 外甥孫
Southern Min	Xiamen	外孫
	Quanzhou	外孫
	Jinjiang	外甥孫
	Zhangzhou	外孫
	Taipei	外孫
	Penang (Hokkien)	外孫
	Manila (Hokkien)	外孫
	Chaozhou	外孫
Wu	Shanghai	外甥
	Suzhou	外甥
	Wenzhou	外甥孫
Xiang	Changsha	外孫, 外孫子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	外孫

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