妹丈

Chinese

		younger sister	zhang (unit of measurement)
trad. (妹丈)		妹	丈
simp. #(妹丈)		妹	丈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèizhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèizhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèijhàng
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-chang⁴
    • Yale: mèi-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyjanq
    • Palladius: мэйчжан (mɛjčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: muih jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²²/

Noun

妹丈

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

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妹夫, 妹倩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	妹夫
	Harbin	妹夫, 妹夫兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	妹夫
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Xi'an	妹夫
	Xining	妹夫
	Xuzhou	妹夫 non-face-to-face, 妹丈 dated
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	妹夫
	Ürümqi	妹夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	妹夫, 妹弟
	Wuhan	妹夫子, 妹夫
	Guiyang	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Liuzhou	妹夫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	妹婿
	Yangzhou	妹婿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Hong Kong	妹夫
	Dongguan	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Gan	Nanchang	妹夫
	Lichuan	妹夫
	Pingxiang	妹郎
Hakka	Meixian	老妹婿, 妹婿
	Yudu	妹郎, 妹郎子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老妹婿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老妹婿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老妹婿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老妹婿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老妹婿
Huizhou	Jixi	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Jin	Taiyuan	妹夫子
	Xinzhou	妹夫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妹郎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	妹夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	妹婿
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	妹婿
	Quanzhou	妹婿
	Jinjiang	妹婿
	Zhangzhou	妹婿
	Taipei	妹婿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	妹婿
	Kaohsiung	妹婿
	Yilan	妹婿
	Changhua (Lukang)	妹婿
	Taichung	妹婿
	Tainan	妹婿
	Hsinchu	妹婿
	Kinmen	妹婿
	Penghu (Magong)	妹婿
	Penang (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Manila (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Leizhou	妹丈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹夫
Wu	Shanghai	妹夫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姊妹婿
	Suzhou	妹夫
	Danyang	妹婿
	Hangzhou	妹夫
	Ningbo	妹夫
	Wenzhou	妹夫
	Jinhua	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Xiang	Changsha	妹夫子, 妹郎子
	Loudi	妹夫, 妹郎子