姨仔
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]one's mother's sister; aunt | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
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trad. (姨仔) | 姨 | 仔 | |
simp. #(姨仔) | 姨 | 仔 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4-1 zai2
- Yale: yī jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4-1 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4-1 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]姨仔
- (Cantonese, Hokkien) sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Leizhou Min) maternal aunt (mother's younger sister)
- (Cantonese) mother's youngest sister
Synonyms
[edit]Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小姨 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨仔 |
Hong Kong | 細姨 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 滿姨 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滿姨 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滿姨, 滿姨仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滿姨 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滿姨 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滿姨 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滿姨 | |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小姨嫲 |
Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 尾姨 |