大姨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (大姨)		大	姨
simp. #(大姨)		大	姨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-yì

  (Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ rhi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ yi²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ i⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyí
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i²
    • Yale: dà-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyi
    • Palladius: даи (dai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: daaih yī / daaih yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi^4-1 / dai⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /taːi̯²² jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai i^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ i¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai (r)i^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ rhi
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ ʒi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i¹¹/

Note: oldest maternal aunt.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-î
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ i²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ i⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā î
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ i⁵⁵/

Noun

大姨

1. oldest maternal aunt (mother's eldest sister)
2. sister-in-law (wife's elder sister)

Synonyms

• (wife's elder sister):

Dialectal synonyms of 大姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's elder sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大姨子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大姨子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大姨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	大姨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	大姨妹兒
	Wuhan	姨姐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	姨子
	Hefei	大姨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨
	Hong Kong	大姨
	Yangjiang	大姨
Gan	Nanchang	姨子
Hakka	Meixian	妻阿姨
Jin	Taiyuan	大姨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姨嫲子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	大姨
	Chaozhou	大姨
Wu	Suzhou	阿姨
	Wenzhou	姨娘
Xiang	Changsha	姨姐
	Shuangfeng	姨姐

See also

• 小姨 (xiǎoyí)