大嫂

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (大嫂)		大	嫂
simp. ^#(大嫂)		大	嫂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàsǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-só
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-só / sōa-só

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàsǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàsǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-sao³
  - Yale: dà-sǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsao
  - Palladius: дасао (dasao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ sou²
  - Yale: daaih sóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-só
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai so`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ so³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ so³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-só
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ sɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ so⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sōa-só
  - Tâi-lô: suā-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaxsoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /sua³³⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua³³⁻²¹ sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

大嫂

sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
a respectful term of address for an older married woman

Synonyms

(elder brother's wife): 嫂子 (sǎozi), 嫂嫂 (sǎosao), 兄嫂 (xiōngsǎo); (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 阿嫂

Derived terms

馬大嫂／马大嫂 (⁶ma-da-sau) (Wu)

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