舅爺

Chinese

		maternal uncle	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (舅爺)		舅	爺
simp. (舅爷)		舅	爷

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiùyé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄝˊ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiūyē

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җюе (ži͡ui͡ə, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁵ je⁴
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): jiu^5* ia^2-1

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòuyé
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-yeh²
  - Yale: jyòu-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowye
  - Palladius: цзюе (czjuje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jiūyē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɤu⁵⁵ iɛ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җюе (ži͡ui͡ə, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiou⁴⁴ iə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁵ je⁴
  - Yale: káuh yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³ jɛː²¹/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: jiu^5* ia^2-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯u²¹³⁻³¹ i̯ä⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

舅爺

great-uncle (paternal grandmother's brother)
(dated, honorific) brother of one's master's paternal grandmother, mother or wife
(dialectal) maternal uncle (mother's brother)
(Xi'an Mandarin, Dungan) maternal grandfather; mother's father

Synonyms

(great-uncle): 舅祖
(master's uncle): 舅老爺／舅老爷

Dialectal synonyms of 舅父 (“maternal uncle (mother's brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		母舅, 舅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舅父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	舅舅
	Taiwan	舅舅
	Harbin	舅, 舅舅
	Shenyang	舅舅
	Singapore	舅舅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	舅舅
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	舅
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舅, 舅舅
	Wanrong	舅
	Zhengzhou	舅
	Xi'an	舅
	Xining	阿舅, 舅舅
	Xuzhou	舅爺, 舅舅, 舅
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	舅舅
	Lanzhou	阿舅
	Ürümqi	舅舅
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	舅舅
	Wuhan	舅爺, 舅伯 >, 舅舅 <
	Guiyang	舅舅, 舅, 舅爺
	Kunming	舅爹 >, 舅爺 <
	Guilin	舅
	Liuzhou	舅, 阿舅, 舅爹 >
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	舅舅
	Yangzhou	舅舅
	Hefei	舅舅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	舅父
	Hong Kong	舅父
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	大舅, 阿舅
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	舅父, 阿舅
	Macau	舅父
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	舅父
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	舅父仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	舅
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿舅, 舅父
	Foshan	舅父
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舅父
	Foshan (Shunde)	舅父
	Foshan (Sanshui)	大舅父 >, 舅父 <
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	舅父
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	舅父
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	舅父
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	舅父
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	舅父
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	舅父 >, 舅 <
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	舅父 >, 阿舅 <
	Taishan	舅, 大舅 >, 阿舅 <
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿舅
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿舅
	Heshan (Yayao)	舅父
	Dongguan	阿舅, 母舅, 舅父 <>, 大舅 >, 舅仔 <,<>
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿舅
	Shaoguan	舅父
	Yunfu	舅父
	Yangjiang	阿舅
	Xinyi	舅父
	Lianjiang	舅爹 >, 舅父 <, 阿舅 <, 舅仔 <
	Nanning	舅父, 阿父, 舅爺 >
	Wuzhou	舅父
	Yulin	舅爺, 舅公, 大舅龍
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	舅公
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	舅父
	Singapore (Guangfu)	舅父
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	舅父
Gan	Nanchang	母舅, 舅舅
	Lichuan	母舅
	Pingxiang	舅爺, 舅老爺
Hakka	Meixian	阿舅
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	舅公 >, 阿舅 <
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	大舅 >, 舅仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大舅 >, 舅仔 <
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大舅 >, 舅仔 <
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿舅, 舅仔 <
	Changting	舅舅
	Wuping	舅舅
	Ninghua	舅舅
	Yudu	舅舅, 母舅 <>, 母舅公 <>
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿舅, 母舅
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿舅, 母舅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿舅, 母舅
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿舅, 母舅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿舅, 母舅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿舅, 母舅
	Hong Kong	阿舅, 大舅 >, 舅仔 <
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	舅公
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿舅
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿舅
	Singkawang	阿舅
Huizhou	Jixi	娘舅 <>, 舅舅 ><
	Shexian	舅舅
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	舅爺
Jin	Taiyuan	舅舅
Jin	Xinzhou	舅舅 <>, 舅舅啊 ><
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舅舅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	娘舅 <>, 依舅 ><
	Fuqing	母舅 <>, 舅 ><, 阿舅 ><
	Matsu	依舅
Southern Min	Xiamen	母舅 <>, 阿舅 ><
	Quanzhou	母舅 <>, 阿舅 ><
	Zhangzhou	母舅 <>, 阿舅 ><
	Taipei	阿舅
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿舅
	Kaohsiung	阿舅
	Yilan	阿舅
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿舅, 母舅
	Taichung	阿舅, 母舅
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿舅
	Tainan	阿舅
	Taitung	阿舅
	Hsinchu	阿舅
	Kinmen	阿舅
	Penghu (Magong)	阿舅
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿舅, 舅
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿舅, 母舅 <>
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿舅
	Chaozhou	阿舅
	Shantou	阿舅, 舅
	Haifeng	舅
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿舅
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿舅
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿舅
	Leizhou	舅翁, 尼翁 >,<>, 翁 >,><, 尼舅 <,<>, 舅 <,><
	Wenchang	舅爹
	Haikou	舅爹 <, 伯爹 >
	Qionghai	舅爹 <, 伯爹 >
Puxian Min	Putian	阿舅
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿舅
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	母舅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	舅爺
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	舅
Wu	Shanghai	娘舅, 舅舅
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘舅
	Suzhou	娘舅, 舅舅
	Danyang	娘舅, 舅爹 >, 舅舅 <
	Hangzhou	娘舅
	Ningbo	娘舅, 阿舅, 舅舅
	Wenzhou	舅舅, 娘舅 <>
	Jinhua	娘舅 <>, 舅舅 ><
Xiang	Changsha	舅舅, 老舅 <>
	Loudi	舅舅
	Shuangfeng	舅基, 舅舅
	Hengyang	舅爺
	Quanzhou	舅爺, 舅舅
Note	> - mother's elder brother; < - mother's younger brother; >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

Dialectal synonyms of 外祖父 (“maternal grandfather”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外祖, 外祖父, 外翁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外祖父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姥爺
	Taiwan	外公, 阿公
	Ulanhot	姥爺
	Tongliao	姥爺
	Chifeng	姥爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姥爺
	Harbin	姥爺
	Shenyang	姥爺
	Singapore	外公, 公公
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	姥爺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姥爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姥爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	姥爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	外爺
	Wanrong	舅廈爺
	Zhengzhou	姥爺
	Xi'an	外爺, 舅家爺, 舅爺, 外把 Hui
	Xining	外爺
	Xuzhou	外爺爺, 外老爺
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	舅爺
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	外爸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	外爺爺 non-face-to-face, 姥爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺 face-to-face
	Bayanhot	外爺爺, 姥爺
	Lanzhou	外爺 non-face-to-face, 爺爺 face-to-face
	Ürümqi	外爺爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	外爺, 外公, 外祖父, 家公
	Wuhan	家公爹爹 non-face-to-face, 爹爹 face-to-face
	Guiyang	外公 non-face-to-face, 公公 face-to-face
	Kunming	公公
	Liuzhou	公, 爺爺, 阿公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	公公, 外公把把 Hui
	Yangzhou	公公
	Nantong	外公爹爹
	Hefei	外爹爹
	Huanggang	家爹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
	Hong Kong	阿公, 公公
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	阿公
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	姐公
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	姐公
	Macau	阿公
	Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Huangpu)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)	外公
	Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿公
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	遠公
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿公
	Foshan	阿公
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿公
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿公
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿公
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	外公
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿公
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	祖公
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	子公
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	祖公
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	祖公
	Taishan	阿公
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿公
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿公
	Heshan (Yayao)	外公 non-face-to-face, 阿公 face-to-face
	Dongguan	阿公
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿公
	Shaoguan	阿公, 外公
	Yunfu	阿公
	Yangjiang	外公
	Xinyi	外公
	Lianjiang	姊公, 阿公
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	外公
	Singapore (Guangfu)	外公, 公公
Gan	Nanchang	阿公
	Lichuan	阿公
	Pingxiang	外公, 外公老子
Hakka	Meixian	外阿公, 姐公, 外公
	Xingning	姐公
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	姐公
	Huidong (Daling)	姐公
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	姐公
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	姐公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	姐公
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	姐公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	姐公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	姐公
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	姐公
	Wuhua (Meilin)	姐公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	姐公
	Wengyuan	姐公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	姐公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	小公
	Liannan	姐公
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	姐公
	Jiexi	姐公
	Luhe	姐公
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	外公
	Changting	外公爹
	Wuping	外公爹
	Wuping (Yanqian)	外公爹
	Wuping (Pingyu)	外阿公
	Liancheng	外子爹
	Ninghua	公公
	Yudu	外公
	Ningdu	外公
	Ruijin	外公
	Shicheng	外公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	外公
	Tonggu (Sandu)	外公
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	外公
	Dayu	外公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姐公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外阿公, 阿公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姐公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	外阿公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姐公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外公
	Hong Kong	姐公
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	姐公
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	姐公
	Xinyi (Sihe)	姐公
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	姐公
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	外公
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	外公
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	姐公
	Mengshan (Xihe)	姐公
	Luchuan	姐公
	Sabah (Longchuan)	姐公
	Senai (Huiyang)	姐公
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	姐公
	Singkawang	姐公
	Singapore (Dabu)	姐公
Huizhou	Jixi	外公
	Shexian	外公
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	外公, 公公
Jin	Taiyuan	姥爺
	Pingyao	簡爺
	Xinzhou	姥爺 non-face-to-face, 姥爺啊 face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	姥爺
	Linhe	姥爺
	Jining	姥爺
	Hohhot	姥爺
	Baotou	姥爺
	Dongsheng	姥爺
	Haibowan	姥爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	畬公, 外公, 公公
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	畬公
	Songxi	公伯
	Zhenghe	婆公
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	外公
	Jianyang	婆爹
	Wuyishan	外公
	Pucheng (Shibei)	畬公, 公仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外公
	Fuzhou (Changle)	外公
	Fuqing	外公
	Yongtai	外公
	Gutian	外公
	Fu'an	外公
	Ningde	外翁
	Shouning	外翁
	Zhouning	娘翁
	Fuding	外公
	Matsu	外公
Southern Min	Xiamen	外公, 阿公, 俺公
	Quanzhou	外公, 阿公
	Jinjiang	外家公
	Zhangzhou	外公, 阿公
	Taipei	外公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	外公
	Kaohsiung	外公
	Yilan	外公
	Changhua (Lukang)	外公
	Taichung	外公
	Tainan	外公
	Hsinchu	外公
	Kinmen	外公
	Penghu (Magong)	外公
	Penang (Hokkien)	外公, 阿公, 公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	外公 non-face-to-face, 俺公 face-to-face, 阿公
	Manila (Hokkien)	外公
	Chaozhou	外公
	Shantou	外公
	Haifeng	外公
	Bangkok (Teochew)	外公
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	外公
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	外公
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿公, 外公
	Batam (Teochew)	外公
	Leizhou	外家祖公, 公
	Wenchang	外公
	Haikou	外家爸 non-face-to-face, 外家公 non-face-to-face, 外爸 non-face-to-face, 阿爸 face-to-face
	Singapore (Hainanese)	阿公
Puxian Min	Putian	外頭公
Puxian Min	Xianyou	外頭公
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	外公 face-to-face, 外家公 non-face-to-face
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	阿公
Wu	Shanghai	外公, 外公爹爹, 外公老爹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	外公, 公公 face-to-face
	Suzhou	外公, 外公阿爹, 阿爹
	Wuxi	舅公
	Danyang	公公
	Hangzhou	外公
	Ningbo	外公
	Wenzhou	外公爺
	Jinhua	外公, 公公
Xiang	Changsha	外公
	Xiangtan	外公
	Loudi	外公
	Shuangfeng	外公
	Hengyang	外公

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùye

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁵ je⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùye
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòuye̊
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-yeh⁵
  - Yale: jyòu-ye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.ie
  - Palladius: цзюе (czjuje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁵ je⁴
  - Yale: káuh yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³ jɛː²¹/

Noun

舅爺

wife's brother