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Chinese[edit]
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one's mother's sister; aunt
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husband; man
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trad. (姨夫)
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姨
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夫
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simp. #(姨夫)
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姨
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夫
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Pronunciation[edit]
姨夫
- maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
- brother-in-law (husband of wife's sister)
- (endearing) a form of address between two clients of the same prostitute
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
姨丈 (“maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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姨丈, 姨父, 姨夫
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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姨夫
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Taiwan
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姨丈
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Harbin
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姨夫
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Yantai (Muping)
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姨夫
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Jinan
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姨夫
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Luoyang
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姨夫
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Wanrong
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姨夫
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Xi'an
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姨夫
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Xining
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姨夫
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Ürümqi
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姨夫
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Wuhan
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姨爹
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Chengdu
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姨爹
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Xuzhou
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姨夫
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Yangzhou
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姨夫
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Hefei
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姨夫
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Singapore
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姨丈
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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姨丈
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Hong Kong
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姨丈
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Dongguan
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姨丈
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Yangjiang
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姨丈
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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姨丈
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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姨丈
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Gan
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Nanchang
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姨爹
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Lichuan
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姨夫
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Hakka
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Meixian
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姨丈
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Yudu
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姨丈
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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姨丈
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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姨丈
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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姨丈
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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姨丈
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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姨丈
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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姨丈
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Senai (Huiyang)
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姨丈
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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姨父, 姨夫
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Xinzhou
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姨夫
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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姨丈
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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姨夫
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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姨丈, 阿丈
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Quanzhou
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姨丈
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Zhangzhou
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姨丈
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Taipei
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姨丈
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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姨丈
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Kaohsiung
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姨丈
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Yilan
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姨丈
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Changhua (Lukang)
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姨丈
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Taichung
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姨丈
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Tainan
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姨丈
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Hsinchu
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姨丈
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Kinmen
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姨丈
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Penghu (Magong)
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姨丈
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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姨丈, 阿丈
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Manila (Hokkien)
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姨丈
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Chaozhou
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姨丈, 阿丈
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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姨丈
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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姨丈
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Singapore (Teochew)
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姨丈
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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姨丈
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Wu
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Shanghai
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姨夫
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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姨夫
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Suzhou
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姨夫
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Hangzhou
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乾爺, 姨夫, 姨丈
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Ningbo
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姨丈
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Wenzhou
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夫爺
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Xiang
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Changsha
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姨爺子, 姨爺, 姨爹
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Shuangfeng
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大大爺 >, 姨爺子 <
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Note
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> - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister
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Related terms[edit]
- (wife, formal) 姨母 (yímǔ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters)
- (wife, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí), 姨媽/姨妈 (yímā)