阿姨

Chinese
 
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (阿姨) 阿 姨
simp. #(阿姨) 阿 姨

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 阿 姨
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 烏何切 以脂切
Baxter 'a yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɑ/ /jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔɑ/ /ji/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɑ/ /jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔa/ /ji/
Li
Rong		 /ʔɑ/ /i/
Wang
Li		 /ɑ/ /ji/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔɑ/ /i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ē yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 o1 ji4

Noun

阿姨

  1. (informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
    她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
    她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
    She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
    1. (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
  2. (endearing) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
  3. a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.
  4. (euphemistic) mom; mother

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姨母
Mandarin Beijing 姨媽 §, 姨兒
Taiwan 阿姨, 姨媽
Ulanhot 姨
Tongliao 姨娘
Chifeng 姨
Bayanhot 姨媽, 姨
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 姨
Harbin 姨
Shenyang 姨娘 §, 姨
Yantai (Muping) 姨
Jinan 姨
Luoyang 姨
Wanrong 姨
Zhengzhou 姨
Xi'an 姨媽 >, 姨 <
Yinchuan 姨媽
Lanzhou 姨娘
Xining 姨娘
Ürümqi 姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
Wuhan 姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
Chengdu 姨媽, 娘娘
Guiyang 姨媽
Kunming 姨媽
Guilin 姨媽
Liuzhou 姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Xuzhou 姨
Yangzhou 姨娘
Nanjing 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
Hefei 姨媽 §, 姨娘
Nantong 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
Singapore 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Cantonese Guangzhou 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 <
Hong Kong 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姨, 阿姨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Macau 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Panyu) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 姨母 >, 姨姐仔 <
Guangzhou (Conghua) 大姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 姨母 >, 姨 <
Foshan (Shunde) 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姨 >, 阿姨 <
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿姨
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姨, 姨媽 >
Jiangmen (Baisha) 姨母 >, 阿姨 <
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姨
Taishan 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姨
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姨
Heshan (Yayao) 阿姨
Dongguan 阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 姨
Shaoguan 姨媽, 阿姨
Yunfu 阿姨
Yangjiang 大姨 >, 阿姨 <
Xinyi 𡜵奶
Lianjiang 𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
Nanning 姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
Wuzhou 阿姨
Yulin 姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
Hepu (Lianzhou) 姨婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 姨媽, 阿姨
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿姨 <, 姨媽 >
Gan Nanchang 姨, 姨娘
Lichuan 姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
Pingxiang 姨娘
Hakka Meixian 阿姨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姨
Dongguan (Qingxi) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大姨, 晚姨 <
Conghua (Lütian) 阿姨
Yudu 姨, 姨奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姨
Hong Kong 大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 <
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿姨
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姨
Singkawang 阿姨
Huizhou Jixi 姨
Shexian 姨
Tunxi 姨
Jin Taiyuan 姨
Xinzhou 姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
Taibus (Baochang) 姨
Linhe 姨姨
Jining 姨
Hohhot 姨姨
Baotou 姨
Dongsheng 姨
Haibowan 姨媽
Northern Min Jian'ou 嫲仔, 姨嫲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姨, 姨
Changle 依姨
Fuqing 大姨 >, 姨囝 <
Yongtai 依姨
Gutian 大姨 >, 細姨 <
Fu'an 姨
Ningde 姨
Shouning 姨奶
Zhouning 姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
Fuding 姨奶
Matsu 依姨
Singapore (Fuqing) 姨姨
Southern Min Xiamen 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Quanzhou 阿姨, 姨
Zhangzhou 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
Kaohsiung 阿姨
Yilan 阿姨
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姨
Taichung 阿姨
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿姨
Tainan 阿姨
Taitung 阿姨
Hsinchu 阿姨
Penghu (Magong) 阿姨
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姨, 姨
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿姨
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姨
Pingnan (Shangdu) 姨仔 >, 細姨 <
Chaozhou 阿姨
Shantou 阿姨, 母姨
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿姨
Jieyang 阿姨
Haifeng 姨
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姨
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姨
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姨
Leizhou 尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
Haikou 姨母, 阿姨
Puxian Min Putian 阿姨
Xianyou 阿姨
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 姨母 >, 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娘, 阿娘
Wu Shanghai 姨媽, 阿姨
Shanghai (Chongming) 娘姨
Suzhou 娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
Danyang 姨娘
Hangzhou 姨娘
Ningbo 姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
Wenzhou 阿娘
Jinhua 姨娘
Xiang Changsha 姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
Loudi 大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
Shuangfeng 大大娘 >, 姨基 <
Quanzhou 姨, 娘娘
Note § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

See also

Proper noun

阿姨

  1. (Internet slang) Liu Zhongjing (劉仲敬), Chinese political philosopher

Derived terms
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