姨夫

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	husband; man
trad. (姨夫)		姨	夫
simp. #(姨夫)		姨	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yífū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ fu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ì-hŭ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yífū → yífu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ → ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yífů
    • Wade–Giles: i²-fu⁵
    • Yale: yí-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi.fu
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ fu⁵⁵/ → /i³⁵ fu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: yìh fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)u⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 姨夫

1. maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
2. brother-in-law (husband of wife's sister)
3. (endearing) a form of address between two clients of the same prostitute

Synonyms

• 姨丈 (yízhàng)
• 姨父 (yífu)
• 姨爹 (yídiē)

Related terms

• (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)