小姨子
Chinese
| mother's youngest sister; sister-in-law | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小姨子) | 小姨 | 子 | |
| simp. #(小姨子) | 小姨 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu2 ji4 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): xieu3 i4 zi
- Jin (Wiktionary): xiau2 i1 zeh
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyízi
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyízi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-i2-tzŭ5
- Yale: syǎu-yí-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyi.tzy
- Palladius: сяоицзы (sjaoiczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2 ji4 zi2
- Yale: síu yìh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 ji4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 yi4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
小兒子 / 小儿子
小姨子
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Jin
Noun
小姨子
- sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |