大嫂

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (大嫂)		大	嫂
simp. #(大嫂)		大	嫂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-só
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-só / sōa-só

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-sao³
    • Yale: dà-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsao
    • Palladius: дасао (dasao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sou²
    • Yale: daaih sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai so^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ so³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ so³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-só
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ sɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ so⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sōa-só
    • Tâi-lô: suā-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaxsoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua³³⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua³³⁻²¹ sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

大嫂

1. sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
2. a respectful term of address for an older married woman

Synonyms

• (elder brother's wife): 嫂子 (sǎozi), 嫂嫂 (sǎosao), 兄嫂 (xiōngsǎo); (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 阿嫂

Derived terms

• 馬大嫂 / 马大嫂 (⁶ma-da-sau) (Wu)