姑奶

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūnǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄋㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ naai^5-1

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūnǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄋㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gunae
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ naai^5-1
  - Yale: gū nāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ naai^5-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ nai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ näːi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

		paternal aunt	breast; lady; milk
simp. and trad. (姑奶)		姑	奶

Noun

姑奶

(dialectal) great-aunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
(Cantonese) sister-in-law (husband's elder sister)

Synonyms

(husband's elder sister): 大姑 (dàgū), 大姑子 (dàgūzi); (Hakka) 大娘姊; (Min Nan) 大娘姑, 阿姑仔, 大姑仔

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (姑奶)		姑	奶

Phono-semantic matching of English goodnight.

Interjection

姑奶

(humorous) goodnight

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