兄嫂

Chinese

		elder brother	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (兄嫂)		兄	嫂
simp. #(兄嫂)		兄	嫂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiaⁿ-só

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-sao³
    • Yale: syūng-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongsao
    • Palladius: сюнсао (sjunsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ sou²
    • Yale: hīng sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-só
    • Tâi-lô: hiann-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviasoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

兄嫂

1. one's elder brother and his wife
2. (indirect address) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)

Synonyms

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

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
	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)	大嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	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
	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	Shaxi (Longdu)	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