姨爺

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (姨爺)		姨	爺
simp. (姨爷)		姨	爷

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): i² ia²

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• Xiang
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: i² ia²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i¹¹ i̯ä¹¹/

Noun

姨爺

1. (Xiang) maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)

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