姨爹

Chinese

		maternal aunt	dad
trad. (姨爹)		姨	爹
simp. #(姨爹)		姨	爹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yídiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi² die¹

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i² dia¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yídiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yídie
    • Wade–Giles: i²-tieh¹
    • Yale: yí-dyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yidie
    • Palladius: иде (ide)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² die¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: idie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ tiɛ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: i² dia¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i¹³ ti̯a̠³³/

Noun

姨爹

1. (chiefly regional, Southern Chinese) maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)

   • 我父親每日為兩位姨娘操心，要尋兩個又有根基又富貴又青年又俏皮的兩位姨爹，好聘嫁這二位姨娘的。 [MSC, trad.]
     我父亲每日为两位姨娘操心，要寻两个又有根基又富贵又青年又俏皮的两位姨爹，好聘嫁这二位姨娘的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Dream of the Red Chamber, 63:

     Wǒ fùqīn měirì wèi liǎng wèi yíniáng cāoxīn, yào xún liǎng ge yòu yǒu gēnjī yòu fùguì yòu qīngnián yòu qiàopí de liǎng wèi yídiē, hǎo pìnjià zhè èr wèi yíniáng de. [Pinyin]

     My father worries about his two concubines every day; he needs to find two guys who are young, established, wealthy and charming, so that he can marry off these two concubines.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姨丈 (“maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姨丈, 姨父, 姨夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姨夫
	Taiwan	姨丈
	Harbin	姨夫
	Singapore	姨丈
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姨夫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姨夫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姨夫
	Wanrong	姨夫
	Xi'an	姨夫
	Xining	姨夫
	Xuzhou	姨夫
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	姨夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姨爹
	Wuhan	姨爹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	姨夫
	Hefei	姨夫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨丈
	Hong Kong	姨丈
	Dongguan	姨丈
	Yangjiang	姨丈
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	姨丈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	姨丈
Gan	Nanchang	姨爹
	Lichuan	姨夫
Hakka	Meixian	姨丈
	Yudu	姨丈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姨丈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姨丈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姨丈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姨丈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姨丈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姨丈
	Senai (Huiyang)	姨丈
Jin	Taiyuan	姨父, 姨夫
	Xinzhou	姨夫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姨丈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姨夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨丈, 阿丈
	Quanzhou	姨丈
	Zhangzhou	姨丈
	Taipei	姨丈
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	姨丈
	Kaohsiung	姨丈
	Yilan	姨丈
	Changhua (Lukang)	姨丈
	Taichung	姨丈
	Tainan	姨丈
	Hsinchu	姨丈
	Kinmen	姨丈
	Penghu (Magong)	姨丈
	Singapore (Hokkien)	姨丈, 阿丈
	Manila (Hokkien)	姨丈
	Chaozhou	姨丈, 阿丈
	Bangkok (Teochew)	姨丈
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	姨丈
	Singapore (Teochew)	姨丈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姨丈
Wu	Shanghai	姨夫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姨夫
	Suzhou	姨夫
	Hangzhou	乾爺, 姨夫, 姨丈
	Ningbo	姨丈
	Wenzhou	夫爺
Xiang	Changsha	姨爺子, 姨爺, 姨爹
	Shuangfeng	大大爺 >, 姨爺子 <
	Hengyang	姨爺
Note	> - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister

Derived terms

• 大姨爹

 

Related terms

• (wife, formal) 姨母 (yímǔ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters)
• (wife, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí), 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)