阿嫂

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (阿嫂)		阿	嫂
simp. #(阿嫂)		阿	嫂
alternative forms		亞嫂／亚嫂 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sou²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): â-só

  (Meixian, Guangdong): a¹ sau³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): a-só

  (Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ so²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sou²
    • Yale: a sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: a´ so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ so³
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ so³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: a¹ sau³
    • Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sau³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-só
    • Tâi-lô: a-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: asoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: a¹ so²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ so⁵²/

Noun

阿嫂

1. (direct address in Southern Min, both direct and indirect address in Cantonese and Hakka) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, direct address) married woman of the same generation
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, direct address, euphemistic) mother
4. (Cantonese) wife of one's boss or superior

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫂子
Mandarin	Beijing	嫂子
	Taiwan	嫂子
	Harbin	嫂子
	Yantai (Muping)	嫂
	Jinan	嫂子
	Luoyang	嫂子
	Wanrong	嫂子
	Xi'an	嫂子
	Yinchuan	嫂嫂
	Xining	嫂子
	Ürümqi	嫂子
	Wuhan	嫂子
	Chengdu	嫂子, 嫂嫂
	Guiyang	嫂嫂
	Xuzhou	嫂子
	Yangzhou	嫂子
	Nanjing	嫂子
	Hefei	嫂子
	Malaysia	嫂子
	Singapore	嫂子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿嫂
	Hong Kong	阿嫂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	嫂
	Macau	大嫂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿嫂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嫂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嫂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嫂
	Foshan	阿嫂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿嫂
	Foshan (Shunde)	大嫂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿嫂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿嫂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	大嫂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	大嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿嫂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿嫂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嫂
	Taishan	阿嫂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嫂
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嫂
	Heshan (Yayao)	嫂
	Dongguan	阿嫂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿嫂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿嫂
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿嫂
Gan	Nanchang	嫂嫂, 嫂子, 嫂
	Lichuan	兄嫂
	Pingxiang	嫂老子 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Hakka	Meixian	阿嫂
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嫂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿嫂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿嫂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大嫂
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿嫂
	Yudu	嫂嫂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿嫂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿嫂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿嫂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿嫂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿嫂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿嫂
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿嫂
Huizhou	Jixi	嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Jin	Taiyuan	嫂嫂, 嫂子
	Xinzhou	嫂嫂, 嫂嫂啊, 嫂啊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嫂仔, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫂, 兄嫂, 依嫂
	Singapore (Fuqing)	阿嫂
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Quanzhou	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Jinjiang	阿嫂
	Zhangzhou	阿嫂, 兄嫂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿嫂
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿嫂
	Chaozhou	阿嫂
	Jieyang	阿嫂, 嫂
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿嫂
	Leizhou	嫂
	Haikou	兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
	Singapore (Hainanese)	阿嫂
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	家嫂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫂
Wu	Shanghai	嫂嫂, 阿嫂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂
	Suzhou	阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
	Danyang	嫂嫂
	Hangzhou	嫂嫂, 阿嫂
	Ningbo	阿嫂
	Wenzhou	兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
	Jinhua	嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂兒嫂兒 face-to-face
Xiang	Changsha	嫂子
	Loudi	嫂嫂
	Shuangfeng	嫂嫂

Descendants

• → English: Ah Soh