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Chinese
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one's mother's sister; aunt
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
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| trad. (姨婆)
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姨
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婆
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| simp. #(姨婆)
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姨
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婆
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| anagram
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婆姨
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Longyan)
Noun
姨婆
- great-aunt (grandmother's sister)
Synonyms
- 姨姥姥 (yílǎolao)
- (Northern Min) 姨嫲婆
- (Eastern Min, Hokkien) 姨媽
- (Xiang) 姨娭毑, 姨外婆
References
- 郭启熹 , editor (2016), “姨婆”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 , →ISBN, page 58.