阿嫂

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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. (dialectal Cantonese) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)
  3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, direct address) married woman of the same generation
  4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, direct address, euphemistic) mother
  5. (Cantonese) wife of one's boss or superior

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫂子 (“sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嫂子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嫂子
Taiwan 嫂子
Harbin 嫂子
Malaysia 嫂子
Singapore 嫂子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 嫂子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 嫂
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嫂子
Wanrong 嫂子
Xi'an 嫂子
Xining 嫂子
Xuzhou 嫂子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 嫂嫂
Ürümqi 嫂子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 嫂子, 嫂嫂
Wuhan 嫂子
Guiyang 嫂嫂
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 嫂子
Yangzhou 嫂子
Hefei 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, Xiangzhou) 大嫂
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 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 Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 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
Hengyang 嫂子
Dialectal synonyms of 弟婦 (“sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 弟婦, 弟媳
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒
Taiwan 弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦
Chengde 兄弟媳婦兒
Chifeng 弟妹, 弟媳婦
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 弟妹
Heihe 弟妹
Qiqihar 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
Harbin 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Jiamusi 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
Baicheng 弟妹
Changchun 弟妹, 姊妹
Tonghua 弟妹
Shenyang 弟妹
Jinzhou 弟妹
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 弟妹
Tangshan 兄弟媳婦兒
Cangzhou 弟妹
Baoding 弟妹
Shijiazhuang 兄弟媳婦
Lijin 弟妹
Jinan 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 弟妹
Dandong 弟妹
Yantai 弟妹
Yantai (Muping) 弟妹子
Qingdao 兄弟媳婦兒
Zhucheng 兄弟媳子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 弟妹
Lingbao 弟妹
Jining 兄弟媳婦
Wanrong 兄弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
Linfen 弟媳婦
Shangqiu 弟妹
Yuanyang 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
Zhengzhou 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Xinyang 弟妹
Baihe 弟妹
Xi'an 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Baoji 弟妹
Yanchi 弟妻婦
Guyuan 弟婦
Longde 弟婦子
Jingyuan 兄弟媳婦
Tianshui 弟媳婦
Xining 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
Xuzhou 兄弟媳婦兒, 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
Fuyang 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 弟妻, 弟妹, 弟媳婦, 弟妻媳婦兒 Hui
Wuzhong 弟媳婦
Zhongwei 弟妻
Lanzhou 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
Dunhuang 弟媳婦, 兄弟家
Hami 弟妹
Ürümqi 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹
Dazhou 弟媳, 妹兒
Hanyuan 弟妹
Xichang 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
Zigong 兄弟媳婦
Chongqing 兄弟媳婦兒
Wuhan 弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
Yichang 弟媳
Xiangyang 弟妹
Tianmen 弟妹
Guiyang 兄弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
Zunyi 兄弟媳婦
Bijie 兄弟姊妹
Liping 弟妹
Zhaotong 弟妹, 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
Dali 兄弟媳婦
Kunming 弟妹
Mengzi 弟妹
Guilin 弟妹
Liuzhou 老弟嫂
Jishou 弟妹
Changde 弟妹
Hanzhong 弟妹
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 弟媳婦
Yangzhou 弟媳婦, 弟媳婦子
Lianyungang 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦, 兄媳婦
Lianshui 弟媳婦
Nantong 弟妹
Anqing 弟妹
Wuhu 弟媳婦
Hefei 弟媳婦
Hong'an 兄弟媳婦
Cantonese Guangzhou 弟婦, 弟嫂, 弟媳, 弟嬸, 阿妗
Hong Kong 弟婦, 弟嫂, 阿妗
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 弟婦
Macau 弟婦
Guangzhou (Panyu) 弟婦
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 嬸仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿嬸
Foshan 阿妗
Foshan (Shunde) 弟婦
Foshan (Sanshui) 嬸氏
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 弟婦
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 弟婦
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 弟婦
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿嫂
Zhuhai (Doumen) 小嬸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 小嬸
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿嫂
Taishan 阿嫂
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿嫂
Enping (Niujiang) 阿嫂
Heshan (Yayao) 弟婦
Dongguan 弟婦
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 弟婦, 阿嫂
Yangjiang 弟嬸, 小嬸
Gan Nanchang 老弟新婦, 老弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
Lichuan 弟嫂
Pingxiang 老弟嫂
Hakka Meixian 老弟心臼
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿嬸仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老弟心臼
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老弟心臼
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 老弟心臼
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 嬸仔
Heyuan (Bendihua) 老弟新婦
Wengyuan 老弟嫂
Liannan 老弟嫂
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 弟婦
Jiexi 老弟新婦
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 弟嫂
Changting 弟新婦
Wuping (Yanqian) 老弟生娓
Ninghua 弟婦
Yudu 弟婦
Ningdu 弟婦
Tonggu (Sandu) 老弟嫂
Ganzhou (Panlong) 小嬤
Dayu 弟新婦
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老弟心臼
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 老弟心臼
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 老弟心臼
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 老弟嫂
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 老弟新婦
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 老弟新婦
Hong Kong 老弟心臼
Mengshan (Xihe) 老弟嫂
Huizhou Jixi 弟婦
Shexian 弟妹
Jin Taiyuan 弟媳婦, 弟妹, 弟媳婦子
Yangyuan 弟妹, 小嬸兒
Xinzhou 兄弟姊妹, 小嬸子
Lüliang (Lishi) 兄弟媳婦
Changzhi 小嬸子
Linhe 兄弟家
Jining 兄弟家
Hohhot 兄弟家, 兄弟媳婦
Erenhot 兄弟家
Pingshan 兄弟媳婦兒
Zhangjiakou 弟妹, 小嬸子
Handan 弟妹
Suide 兄弟媳婦
Northern Min Jian'ou 弟新婦
Eastern Min Fuzhou 弟新婦, 弟人
Southern Min Xiamen 小嬸
Xiamen (Tong'an) 小嬸
Quanzhou 小嬸
Jinjiang 小嬸
Yongchun 小嬸
Zhangzhou 小嬸, 細妗仔
Zhao'an 弟婦仔
Taipei 小嬸, 弟婦仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 弟婦仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 小嬸, 弟婦仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 小嬸, 弟婦仔
Kaohsiung 弟婦仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 弟婦仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 妗仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 弟婦仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 弟婦仔
Yilan 弟婦仔
Yilan (Luodong) 弟婦仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 弟婦仔
Changhua (Lukang) 小嬸, 弟婦仔
Changhua (Yongjing) 弟婦仔
Taichung 弟婦仔, 小嬸
Tainan 妗仔, 弟婦仔
Tainan (Anping) 弟婦仔
Hsinchu 小嬸
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 小嬸仔, 弟婦仔
Kinmen 小嬸
Penghu (Magong) 弟婦仔
Penghu (Xiyu) 小嬸, 弟婦仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 小嬸
Manila (Hokkien) 小嬸
Chaozhou 小姆
Shantou 弟嫂
Jieyang 小姆
Haifeng 妗仔
Leizhou 嬸娘
Haikou 群嬸
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 弟婦
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 細嬸
Wu Shanghai 弟新婦
Shanghai (Chongming) 弟妹, 弟新婦
Suzhou 弟新婦
Danyang 弟新婦
Hangzhou 弟媳婦
Ningbo 弟新婦
Wenzhou 弟新婦
Jinhua 弟婦
Xiang Changsha 老弟媳婦, 老弟嫂, 弟媳婦
Loudi 老弟嫂
Shuangfeng 老弟嫂
Hengyang 老弟媳婦
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 弟婦
Dong'an 阿弟媳婦
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 弟嫂
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 叔娒
Renhua (Zhoutian) 阿嬸
Renhua (Shitang) 老弟嫂, 阿嬸
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 小嬸
Lechang (Changlai) 安嬸
Lechang (Beixiang) 弟嫂
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 老弟嫂
Lechang (Sanxi) 老弟嫂

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