阿嫂

More information phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people, older brother's wife; sister-in-law ...

	phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (阿嫂)	阿	嫂
simp. ^#(阿嫂)	阿	嫂
alternative forms	亞嫂／亚嫂 Cantonese

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Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): â-só

(Hailu, HRS): a^˖ so^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): a¹ sau³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-só

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ so²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ sou²
  - Yale: a sóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ sou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-só
  - Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ so^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ so³
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ so³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: a^˖ so^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /a³³ so²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: a¹ sau³
  - Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sau³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-só
  - Tâi-lô: a-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: asoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ so²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a só
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ so⁵²/

Noun

阿嫂

(direct address in Southern Min, both direct and indirect address in Cantonese and Hakka) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
(dialectal Cantonese) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)
(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, direct address) married woman of the same generation
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, direct address, euphemistic) mother
(Cantonese) wife of one's boss or superior

Synonyms

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫂子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嫂子
	Taiwan	嫂子
	Harbin	嫂子
	Malaysia	嫂子
	Singapore	嫂子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嫂子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嫂
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嫂子
	Wanrong	嫂子
	Xi'an	嫂子
	Xining	嫂子
	Xuzhou	嫂子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嫂嫂
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	嫂子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	嫂子, 嫂嫂
	Wuhan	嫂子
	Guiyang	嫂嫂
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嫂子
	Yangzhou	嫂子
	Hefei	嫂子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿嫂
	Hong Kong	阿嫂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	嫂
	Macau	大嫂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿嫂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嫂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嫂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嫂
	Foshan	阿嫂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿嫂
	Foshan (Shunde)	大嫂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿嫂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿嫂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	大嫂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	大嫂
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿嫂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿嫂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嫂
	Taishan	阿嫂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嫂
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嫂
	Heshan (Yayao)	嫂
	Dongguan	阿嫂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿嫂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿嫂
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿嫂
Gan	Nanchang	嫂嫂, 嫂子, 嫂
	Lichuan	兄嫂
	Pingxiang	嫂老子 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Hakka	Meixian	阿嫂
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嫂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿嫂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿嫂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大嫂
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿嫂
	Yudu	嫂嫂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿嫂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿嫂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿嫂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿嫂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿嫂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿嫂
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿嫂
Huizhou	Jixi	嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Jin	Taiyuan	嫂嫂, 嫂子
Jin	Xinzhou	嫂嫂, 嫂嫂啊, 嫂啊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嫂仔, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫂, 兄嫂, 依嫂
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	阿嫂
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Quanzhou	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Jinjiang	阿嫂
	Zhangzhou	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿嫂
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿嫂
	Chaozhou	阿嫂
	Jieyang	阿嫂, 嫂
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Leizhou	嫂
	Haikou	兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
	Singapore (Hainanese)	阿嫂
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	家嫂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫂
Wu	Shanghai	嫂嫂, 阿嫂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂
	Suzhou	阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
	Danyang	嫂嫂
	Hangzhou	嫂嫂, 阿嫂
	Ningbo	阿嫂
	Wenzhou	兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
	Jinhua	嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂兒嫂兒 face-to-face
Xiang	Changsha	嫂子
	Loudi	嫂嫂
	Shuangfeng	嫂嫂
	Hengyang	嫂子

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Dialectal synonyms of 嫂子 (“sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)”) [map]

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		弟婦, 弟媳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Taiwan	弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦
	Chengde	兄弟媳婦兒
	Chifeng	弟妹, 弟媳婦
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	弟妹
	Heihe	弟妹
	Qiqihar	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Harbin	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Jiamusi	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Baicheng	弟妹
	Changchun	弟妹, 姊妹
	Tonghua	弟妹
	Shenyang	弟妹
	Jinzhou	弟妹
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	弟妹
	Tangshan	兄弟媳婦兒
	Cangzhou	弟妹
	Baoding	弟妹
	Shijiazhuang	兄弟媳婦
	Lijin	弟妹
	Jinan	兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	弟妹
	Dandong	弟妹
	Yantai	弟妹
	Yantai (Muping)	弟妹子
	Qingdao	兄弟媳婦兒
	Zhucheng	兄弟媳子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	弟妹
	Lingbao	弟妹
	Jining	兄弟媳婦
	Wanrong	兄弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
	Linfen	弟媳婦
	Shangqiu	弟妹
	Yuanyang	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Zhengzhou	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Xinyang	弟妹
	Baihe	弟妹
	Xi'an	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Baoji	弟妹
	Yanchi	弟妻婦
	Guyuan	弟婦
	Longde	弟婦子
	Jingyuan	兄弟媳婦
	Tianshui	弟媳婦
	Xining	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Xuzhou	兄弟媳婦兒, 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
	Fuyang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	弟妻, 弟妹, 弟媳婦, 弟妻媳婦兒 Hui
	Wuzhong	弟媳婦
	Zhongwei	弟妻
	Lanzhou	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Dunhuang	弟媳婦, 兄弟家
	Hami	弟妹
	Ürümqi	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Dazhou	弟媳, 妹兒
	Hanyuan	弟妹
	Xichang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
	Zigong	兄弟媳婦
	Chongqing	兄弟媳婦兒
	Wuhan	弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Yichang	弟媳
	Xiangyang	弟妹
	Tianmen	弟妹
	Guiyang	兄弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Zunyi	兄弟媳婦
	Bijie	兄弟姊妹
	Liping	弟妹
	Zhaotong	弟妹, 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
	Dali	兄弟媳婦
	Kunming	弟妹
	Mengzi	弟妹
	Guilin	弟妹
	Liuzhou	老弟嫂
	Jishou	弟妹
	Changde	弟妹
	Hanzhong	弟妹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	弟媳婦
	Yangzhou	弟媳婦, 弟媳婦子
	Lianyungang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦, 兄媳婦
	Lianshui	弟媳婦
	Nantong	弟妹
	Anqing	弟妹
	Wuhu	弟媳婦
	Hefei	弟媳婦
	Hong'an	兄弟媳婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	弟婦, 弟嫂, 弟媳, 弟嬸, 阿妗
	Hong Kong	弟婦, 弟嫂, 阿妗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	弟婦
	Macau	弟婦
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	弟婦
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嬸仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嬸
	Foshan	阿妗
	Foshan (Shunde)	弟婦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	嬸氏
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	弟婦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	弟婦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	弟婦
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	小嬸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	小嬸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嫂
	Taishan	阿嫂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嫂
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嫂
	Heshan (Yayao)	弟婦
	Dongguan	弟婦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	弟婦, 阿嫂
	Yangjiang	弟嬸, 小嬸
Gan	Nanchang	老弟新婦, 老弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
	Lichuan	弟嫂
	Pingxiang	老弟嫂
Hakka	Meixian	老弟心臼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嬸仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老弟心臼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老弟心臼
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	老弟心臼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嬸仔
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老弟新婦
	Wengyuan	老弟嫂
	Liannan	老弟嫂
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	弟婦
	Jiexi	老弟新婦
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	弟嫂
	Changting	弟新婦
	Wuping (Yanqian)	老弟生娓
	Ninghua	弟婦
	Yudu	弟婦
	Ningdu	弟婦
	Tonggu (Sandu)	老弟嫂
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	小嬤
	Dayu	弟新婦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老弟心臼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老弟嫂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老弟新婦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老弟新婦
	Hong Kong	老弟心臼
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老弟嫂
Huizhou	Jixi	弟婦
Huizhou	Shexian	弟妹
Jin	Taiyuan	弟媳婦, 弟妹, 弟媳婦子
	Yangyuan	弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Xinzhou	兄弟姊妹, 小嬸子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	兄弟媳婦
	Changzhi	小嬸子
	Linhe	兄弟家
	Jining	兄弟家
	Hohhot	兄弟家, 兄弟媳婦
	Erenhot	兄弟家
	Pingshan	兄弟媳婦兒
	Zhangjiakou	弟妹, 小嬸子
	Handan	弟妹
	Suide	兄弟媳婦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	弟新婦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	弟新婦, 弟人
Southern Min	Xiamen	小嬸
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	小嬸
	Quanzhou	小嬸
	Jinjiang	小嬸
	Yongchun	小嬸
	Zhangzhou	小嬸, 細妗仔
	Zhao'an	弟婦仔
	Taipei	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	弟婦仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung	弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	妗仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	弟婦仔
	Yilan	弟婦仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	弟婦仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	弟婦仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	弟婦仔
	Taichung	弟婦仔, 小嬸
	Tainan	妗仔, 弟婦仔
	Tainan (Anping)	弟婦仔
	Hsinchu	小嬸
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	小嬸仔, 弟婦仔
	Kinmen	小嬸
	Penghu (Magong)	弟婦仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	小嬸
	Manila (Hokkien)	小嬸
	Chaozhou	小姆
	Shantou	弟嫂
	Jieyang	小姆
	Haifeng	妗仔
	Leizhou	嬸娘
	Haikou	群嬸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	弟婦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細嬸
Wu	Shanghai	弟新婦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	弟妹, 弟新婦
	Suzhou	弟新婦
	Danyang	弟新婦
	Hangzhou	弟媳婦
	Ningbo	弟新婦
	Wenzhou	弟新婦
	Jinhua	弟婦
Xiang	Changsha	老弟媳婦, 老弟嫂, 弟媳婦
	Loudi	老弟嫂
	Shuangfeng	老弟嫂
	Hengyang	老弟媳婦
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	弟婦
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	阿弟媳婦
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	弟嫂
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	叔娒
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	阿嬸
	Renhua (Shitang)	老弟嫂, 阿嬸
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	小嬸
	Lechang (Changlai)	安嬸
	Lechang (Beixiang)	弟嫂
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	老弟嫂
	Lechang (Sanxi)	老弟嫂

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