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

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
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
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