妻弟

Chinese

		wife; to marry off (a daughter)	younger brother
trad. (妻弟)		妻	弟
simp. #(妻弟)		妻	弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cidì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: chī-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chidih
    • Palladius: циди (cidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ dai⁶
    • Yale: chāi daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/

Noun

妻弟

1. brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)
2. (literary) sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小舅子 (“brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		內弟, 妻弟, 婦弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		內弟, 妻弟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小舅子
	Taiwan	小舅子
	Harbin	小舅子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小舅子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小舅子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小舅子
	Wanrong	小舅子
	Xi'an	丈人兄弟, 小舅子
	Xining	小舅子
	Xuzhou	內弟兒, 內弟
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	小舅子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	妻弟
	Lanzhou	小舅子
	Ürümqi	小舅子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小舅子
	Wuhan	小舅佬, 舅弟
	Guiyang	小舅, 小舅子
	Liuzhou	小舅子, 舅崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小舅子, 小舅爺
	Yangzhou	舅子, 舅爺
	Nantong	舅子
	Hefei	小舅子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	舅仔
	Hong Kong	舅仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	舅, 阿舅
	Macau	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	舅仔
	Foshan	舅仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舅仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	舅仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舅仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿舅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	舅仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	舅仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	舅仔
	Taishan	舅仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	舅仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	舅仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	舅仔
	Dongguan	舅仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	舅仔
	Yangjiang	舅仔, 舅爺
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	舅仔
Gan	Nanchang	小舅子
	Lichuan	霞舅崽
	Pingxiang	舅仔
Hakka	Meixian	細阿舅, 舅爺
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	舅仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舅仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舅仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舅子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	內弟
	Yudu	舅公子, 舅母子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	妻舅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	妻舅仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舅仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妻舅, 阿舅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	妻舅仔, 舅仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿舅
	Senai (Huiyang)	舅仔
Huizhou	Jixi	內弟
Jin	Taiyuan	小舅子
	Xinzhou	小舅子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小老媽舅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細舅
Southern Min	Xiamen	舅仔
	Quanzhou	舅仔
	Zhangzhou	舅仔
	Taipei	舅仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	舅仔
	Kaohsiung	舅仔
	Yilan	舅仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	舅仔
	Taichung	舅仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	舅仔
	Tainan	舅仔
	Taitung	舅仔
	Hsinchu	舅仔
	Penghu (Magong)	細舅仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	舅仔
	Chaozhou	舅囝, 細舅
	Jieyang	舅囝, 細舅
	Bangkok (Teochew)	細舅
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妻舅
	Leizhou	外家老弟, 婆舅
	Haikou	外家舅𡠤
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	細舅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細舅
Wu	Shanghai	小舅子, 內弟, 阿舅 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小阿舅
	Suzhou	阿舅, 舅老
	Danyang	舅子
	Hangzhou	小舅佬
	Ningbo	舅老, 舅老爺, 阿舅
	Wenzhou	阿舅, 老婆舅
	Jinhua	大舅
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	老婆舅
Xiang	Changsha	小舅子
	Loudi	阿舅子
	Shuangfeng	細舅子

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)