小姑

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Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
 paternal aunt
trad. (小姑) 小 姑
simp. #(小姑) 小 姑

Pronunciation

Noun

小姑

  1. sister-in-law (husband's younger sister)
  2. youngest paternal aunt (father's youngest sister)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姑子 (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姑子, 大姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Harbin 大姑子 †, 大姑姐 †, 小姑子 ‡
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大姑子 †, 大姑姐 †, 小姑子 ‡
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Wanrong 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Xi'an 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Xining 大姑兒 †, 小姑兒 ‡
Xuzhou 大姑子 †, 大姑姐 †, 小姑子 ‡
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Ürümqi 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Wuhan 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Guiyang 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Liuzhou 大姑子 †, 小姑 ‡, 小姑崽 ‡
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大姑子 †, 大姑老太 †, usually middle-aged, 小姑子 ‡, 小姑老太 ‡,older
Yangzhou 姑子, 大姑子 †, 小姑子 youngest, 姑子精 derogatory
Cantonese Guangzhou 大姑 †, 姑奶 †, 細姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
Hong Kong 姑奶 †, 姑仔 ‡
Dongguan 姑仔 ‡
Gan Nanchang 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Pingxiang 姑仔
Hakka Meixian 大娘姑 †, 小娘姑 ‡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大娘姊 †, 細姑 ‡, 小娘姑 ‡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 大娘姊 †, 細姑 ‡, 小娘姑 ‡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大娘姊 †, 細姑 ‡, 小娘姑 ‡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大娘姊 †, 大娘姑 †, 細姑 ‡, 小娘姑 ‡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 大娘姊 †, 細姑 ‡, 小娘姑 ‡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Jin Taiyuan 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Xinzhou 大姑子 †, 小姑子 ‡
Northern Min Jian'ou 小姑 ‡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 細姑 ‡, 小姑 ‡
Southern Min Xiamen 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Quanzhou 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Jinjiang 大娘姑 †
Zhangzhou 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Taipei 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
New Taipei (Sanxia) 大娘姑 †, 小姑仔 ‡
Kaohsiung 大娘姑 †, 小姑仔 ‡
Yilan 阿姑仔 †, 細姑仔 ‡
Changhua (Lukang) 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Taichung 大娘姑 †, 阿姑仔 †, 小姑仔 ‡
Tainan 大娘姑 †, 小姑仔 ‡
Hsinchu 大姑仔 †, 小姑仔 ‡
Kinmen 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Penghu (Magong) 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Manila (Hokkien) 大娘姑 †, 小姑 ‡
Shantou 大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
Leizhou 姑 ‡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Wu Shanghai 姑母阿姐 †, 姑娘 ‡
Shanghai (Chongming) 姑娘, 大姑娘 †, 小姑娘 ‡
Suzhou 姑娘
Changzhou 小姑娘 ‡
Danyang 姑娘
Hangzhou 大姑娘 †
Ningbo 姑嬷 †, 姑嬷頭 †, 小姑 ‡
Wenzhou 姑娘, 大姑娘 †
Jinhua 姑娘, 大娘娘 †, 大娘 †
Xiang Changsha 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
Note † - husband's elder sister; ‡ - husband's younger sister
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