姨仔

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (姨仔)		姨	仔
simp. #(姨仔)		姨	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji^4-1 zai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji^4-1 zai²
    • Yale: yī jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji^4-1 dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi^4-1 zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-á
    • Tâi-lô: î-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

姨仔

1. (Cantonese, Hokkien) sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
2. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Leizhou Min) maternal aunt (mother's younger sister)
3. (Cantonese) mother's youngest sister

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妻弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小姨子
	Harbin	小姨子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小姨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小姨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小姨子
	Wanrong	小姨子
	Xi'an	小姨子
	Xuzhou	小姨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小姨子
	Ürümqi	小姨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小姨妹, 小姨妹兒, 姨妹兒
	Wuhan	姨妹
	Guiyang	姨妹
	Liuzhou	小姨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小姨子
	Yangzhou	小姨子, 姨子
	Hefei	小姨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨仔
	Hong Kong	姨仔
	Dongguan	姨仔
	Yangjiang	姨仔
Gan	Nanchang	小姨子, 姨子
	Lichuan	小姨崽 non-face-to-face
	Pingxiang	姨仔 also for elder sister
Hakka	Meixian	妻阿姨
	Yudu	小姨 face-to-face, 小姨子
Huizhou	Jixi	小姨
Jin	Taiyuan	小姨子
	Xinzhou	小姨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小姨嫲, 小姨嫲仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Quanzhou	姨仔
	Zhangzhou	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Tainan	姨仔 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	姨仔
	Chaozhou	細姨
	Jieyang	妻姨, 阿姨, 姨囝, 嬡
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姨囝, 姨囝
	Xianyou	阿姨囝
Wu	Shanghai	阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face
	Suzhou	阿姨
	Danyang	小姨
	Hangzhou	小姨媽
	Ningbo	小姨
	Wenzhou	姨娘
	Jinhua	小姨
Xiang	Changsha	姨妹子
	Loudi	姨妹
	Shuangfeng	姨妹
	Hengyang	姨妹子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姨母
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姨媽 §, 姨兒
	Taiwan	阿姨, 姨媽
	Ulanhot	姨
	Tongliao	姨娘
	Chifeng	姨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姨
	Harbin	姨
	Shenyang	姨娘 §, 姨
	Singapore	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姨
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姨
	Wanrong	姨
	Zhengzhou	姨
	Xi'an	姨媽 >, 姨 <
	Xining	姨娘
	Xuzhou	姨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姨媽
	Bayanhot	姨媽, 姨
	Lanzhou	姨娘
	Ürümqi	姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姨媽, 娘娘
	Wuhan	姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
	Guiyang	姨媽
	Kunming	姨媽
	Guilin	姨媽
	Liuzhou	姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Yangzhou	姨娘
	Nantong	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
	Hefei	姨媽 §, 姨娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
	Hong Kong	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	大姨, 阿姨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Macau	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	姨母 >, 姨 <
	Foshan (Shunde)	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿姨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿姨, 姨媽 >
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	姨母 >, 阿姨 <
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姨
	Taishan	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姨
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿姨
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿姨
	Dongguan	阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	姨
	Shaoguan	姨媽, 阿姨
	Yunfu	阿姨
	Yangjiang	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Xinyi	𡜵奶
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
	Nanning	姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
	Wuzhou	阿姨
	Yulin	姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	姨婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	姨媽, 阿姨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan	Nanchang	姨, 姨娘
	Lichuan	姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
	Pingxiang	姨娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿姨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大姨, 晚姨 <
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿姨
	Yudu	姨, 姨奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿姨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿姨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿姨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿姨
	Hong Kong	大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿姨
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿姨
	Singkawang	阿姨
Huizhou	Jixi	姨
	Shexian	姨
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	姨
Jin	Taiyuan	姨
	Xinzhou	姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	姨
	Linhe	姨姨
	Jining	姨
	Hohhot	姨姨
	Baotou	姨
	Dongsheng	姨
	Haibowan	姨媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嫲仔, 姨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依姨, 姨
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依姨
	Fuqing	大姨 >, 姨囝 <
	Yongtai	依姨
	Gutian	大姨 >, 細姨 <
	Fu'an	姨
	Ningde	姨
	Shouning	姨奶
	Zhouning	姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
	Fuding	姨奶
	Matsu	依姨
	Singapore (Fuqing)	姨姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Quanzhou	阿姨, 姨
	Zhangzhou	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Kaohsiung	阿姨
	Yilan	阿姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姨
	Taichung	阿姨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿姨
	Tainan	阿姨
	Taitung	阿姨
	Hsinchu	阿姨
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姨
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姨, 姨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	姨仔 >, 細姨 <
	Chaozhou	阿姨
	Shantou	阿姨, 母姨
	Shantou (Chenghai)	阿姨
	Jieyang	阿姨
	Haifeng	姨
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姨
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姨
	Leizhou	尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
	Haikou	姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姨
	Xianyou	阿姨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娘, 阿娘
Wu	Shanghai	姨媽, 阿姨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘姨
	Suzhou	娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
	Danyang	姨娘
	Hangzhou	姨娘
	Ningbo	姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Jinhua	姨娘
Xiang	Changsha	姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
	Loudi	大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Shuangfeng	大大娘 >, 姨基 <
	Hengyang	姨娘 >, 大娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Quanzhou	姨, 娘娘
Note	§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

Dialectal synonyms of 小姨 (“mother's youngest sister”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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