阿姨
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
one's mother's sister; aunt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿姨) | 阿 | 姨 | |
| simp. #(阿姨) | 阿 | 姨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa3 ji4-1
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a1 i2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: āyí
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ayí
- Wade–Giles: a1-i2
- Yale: ā-yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayi
- Palladius: аи (ai)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa3 ji4-1
- Yale: a yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 ji4-1
- Guangdong Romanization: a3 yi4-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /aː³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-yì
- Hakka Romanization System: aˊ iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: a1 yi2
- Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-yì
- Hakka Romanization System: aˊ (r)iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: a1 yi2
- Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ (j)i¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: a˖ rhi
- Sinological IPA: /a³³ ʒi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: a1 yi2
- Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: a1 yi2
- Sinological IPA: /a³³ i²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: a1 i2 [Phonetic: a5 i2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a-í
- Sinological IPA (key): /a⁵³³⁻¹¹ i¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: a1 i2 [Phonetic: a5 i2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /a⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ i²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-î
- Tâi-lô: a-î
- Phofsit Daibuun: a'ii
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ i²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-î
- Tâi-lô: á-î
- Phofsit Daibuun: afii
- IPA (Philippines): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 i5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a î
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ i⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Middle Chinese: 'a yij
Noun
阿姨
- (informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
- (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
- (endearing) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
- a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.
- (euphemistic) mom; mother
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum; mother”) [map]
See also
Proper noun
阿姨
- (Internet slang) Liu Zhongjing (劉仲敬), Chinese political philosopher
Derived terms
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿姨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿姨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “Entry #2352”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “阿姨”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 1.
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “阿姨”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 1.