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

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ji⁴ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): xieu³ i⁴ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): xiau² i¹ zeh

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• 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/
• 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:

      edit edit 小兒子／小儿子 小姨子

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xieu³ i⁴ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ i³⁵ t͡sz̩²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xiau² i¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /ɕiau⁵³ i¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

Noun

小姨子

1. 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 edit
Classical Chinese		妻弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹
Northeastern Mandarin	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
	Wuhan	姨妹
	Guiyang	姨妹
	Liuzhou	小姨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小姨子
	Yangzhou	小姨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨仔
	Hong Kong	姨仔
	Dongguan	姨仔
Gan	Nanchang	小姨子
	Lichuan	小姨崽 non-face-to-face
	Pingxiang	姨仔 also for elder sister
Hakka	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
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	妻姨, 細姨
Wu	Shanghai	阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face
	Danyang	小姨
	Hangzhou	小姨媽
	Ningbo	小姨
	Jinhua	小姨
Xiang	Changsha	姨妹子
	Loudi	姨妹
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)