姐夫

Chinese

		older sister	husband; man
trad. (姐夫)		姐	夫
simp. #(姐夫)		姐	夫
alternative forms		姊夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiěfu, jiěfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie³ fu¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze² fu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): jia³ fu
• Jin (Wiktionary): jie² fu³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciā-hŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiá-hu / chiá-po͘ / ché-hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zê² hu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cia-fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěfů
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-fu⁵
    • Yale: jyě-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee.fu
    • Palladius: цзефу (czefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴ fu⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěfu
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-fu¹
    • Yale: jyě-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieefu
    • Palladius: цзефу (czefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie³ fu¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giefu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ⁵³ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ze² fu¹
    • Yale: jé fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze² fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 姊夫 姐夫

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jia³ fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia²¹³⁻²¹ fu¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jie² fu³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³ fu⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciā-hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia³³⁻²¹ ^(h-)u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiá-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafhw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá-po͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiá-poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafpof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ché-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tsé-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefhw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zê² hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsé hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cia-fu
    • MiniDict: cia^去 fu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jia-fu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕia³³ fu⁴⁴/

Noun

姐夫

1. brother-in-law (elder sister's husband)

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姐夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	姐夫
	Singapore	姐夫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姐夫, 姐夫哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姐夫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姐夫
	Wanrong	姐夫
	Xi'an	姐夫
	Xining	姐夫
	Xuzhou	姐夫, 姐丈
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姐夫
	Ürümqi	姐夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姐夫, 姐夫哥
	Wuhan	姐夫, 姐夫哥
	Guiyang	姐夫 non-face-to-face, 姐哥 face-to-face, 姐夫哥 face-to-face
	Liuzhou	姐夫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姐夫, 姐丈
	Yangzhou	姐夫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姐夫
	Hong Kong	姐夫
	Dongguan	姊夫
Gan	Nanchang	姐夫
	Lichuan	姐夫
	Pingxiang	姐夫
Hakka	Meixian	姊丈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姊丈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姊丈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姊丈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姊丈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姊丈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姊丈
Huizhou	Jixi	姐夫
Jin	Taiyuan	姐夫
	Xinzhou	姐夫, 姐夫啊 face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姊丈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姐夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	姊夫
	Quanzhou	姊丈, 姊夫
	Zhangzhou	姊夫
	Taipei	姊夫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	姊夫
	Kaohsiung	姊夫
	Yilan	姊夫
	Changhua (Lukang)	姊夫
	Taichung	姊夫
	Tainan	姊夫
	Hsinchu	姊夫
	Kinmen	姊夫
	Penghu (Magong)	姊夫
	Manila (Hokkien)	姊丈
	Chaozhou	姐夫, 阿郎
	Jieyang	姐夫, 阿郎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姐夫
Wu	Shanghai	姐夫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姐夫
	Suzhou	姐夫
	Danyang	姐夫
	Hangzhou	姐夫
	Ningbo	姐夫
	Wenzhou	姊夫
	Jinhua	姊夫
Xiang	Changsha	姐夫子
	Loudi	姐夫

Descendants

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