大姨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (大姨)		大	姨
simp. #(大姨)		大	姨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ yi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyí
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i²
    • Yale: dà-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyi
    • Palladius: даи (dai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: daaih yī / daaih yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji^4-1 / daai⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi^4-1 / dai⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /taːi̯²² jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i¹¹/

Note: oldest maternal aunt.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-î
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ i²³/

Noun

大姨

1. oldest maternal aunt (mother's eldest sister)
2. sister-in-law (wife's elder sister)

Synonyms

• (wife's elder sister): 大姨子 (dàyízi), 姨姐 (yíjiě)

See also

• 小姨 (xiǎoyí)