姨媽

See also: 姨妈

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	mother; mama
trad. (姨媽)		姨	媽
simp. (姨妈)		姨	妈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yímā

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
Min Dong (BUC): ì-mā
Min Nan (POJ): î-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yímā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimha
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ma̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
  - Yale: yìh mā, yī mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ maa¹, ji^4-1 maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ ma¹, yi¹ ma¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ maː⁵⁵/, /jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-mā
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵³⁻³³ ma³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-má
  - Tâi-lô: î-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹/

Noun

姨媽

(Mandarin, informal, affectionate) maternal aunt (mother's sister, usually married)
(Cantonese) maternal aunt (mother's elder sister)
(Min) great-aunt (grandmother's sister)
(informal) Alternative name for 大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā, “menstrual period”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姨母
Mandarin	Beijing	姨媽 §, 姨兒
	Taiwan	阿姨, 姨媽
	Harbin	姨
	Shenyang	姨娘 §, 姨
	Hailar	姨
	Ulan Hot	姨
	Tongliao	姨娘
	Chifeng	姨
	Bayanhot	姨媽, 姨
	Jinan	姨
	Muping	姨
	Luoyang	姨
	Jiedian	姨
	Xi'an	姨媽 >, 姨 <
	Zhengzhou	姨
	Xining	姨娘
	Xuzhou	姨
	Yinchuan	姨媽
	Lanzhou	姨娘
	Ürümqi	姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui
	Wuhan	姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 <
	Chengdu	姨媽, 娘娘
	Guiyang	姨媽
	Guilin	姨媽
	Liuzhou	姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Kunming	姨媽
	Yangzhou	姨娘
	Nanjing	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <
	Hefei	姨媽 §, 姨娘
	Nantong	姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 <
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <
	Hong Kong	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 <
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大姨, 阿姨
	Foshan	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Shunde	姨媽 >, 阿姨 <
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姨媽 >, 姨仔 <
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿姨
	Taishan	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姨
	Dongguan	阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Shaoguan	姨媽, 阿姨
	Yunfu	阿姨
	Yangjiang	大姨 >, 阿姨 <
	Xinyi	𡜵奶
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 >, 姨 <
	Nanning	姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘
	Wuzhou	阿姨
	Yulin	姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨
	Hepu	姨婆
	Kuala Lumpur	姨媽, 阿姨
Gan	Nanchang	姨, 姨娘
	Lichuan	姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 <
	Pingxiang	姨娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姨
	Luchuan	阿姨
	Yudu	姨, 姨奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姨
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿姨
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿姨
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿姨
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿姨
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿姨
	Hong Kong	大姨 >, 姨仔 <
	Senai	阿姨
	Singkawang	阿姨
Huizhou	Jixi	姨
	Shexian	姨
	Tunxi	姨
Jin	Taiyuan	姨
	Xinzhou	姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face
	Baochang	姨
	Jining	姨
	Hohhot	姨姨
	Baotou	姨
	Dongsheng	姨
	Linhe	姨姨
	Haibowan	姨媽
Min Bei	Jian'ou	嫲仔, 姨嫲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依姨, 姨
	Changle	依姨
	Fuqing	大姨 >, 姨囝 <
	Yongtai	依姨
	Gutian	大姨 >, 細姨 <
	Fu'an	姨
	Ningde	姨
	Shouning	姨奶
	Zhouning	姨奶 >, 阿姨 <
	Fuding	姨奶
	Matsu	依姨
Min Nan	Xiamen	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Quanzhou	阿姨, 姨
	Zhangzhou	姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨
	Taipei	阿姨
	Kaohsiung	阿姨
	Tainan	阿姨
	Taichung	阿姨
	Wuqi	阿姨
	Hsinchu	阿姨
	Taitung	阿姨
	Lukang	阿姨
	Yilan	阿姨
	Magong	阿姨
	Penang	阿姨, 姨
	Singapore	阿姨
	Philippines (Manila)	阿姨
	Pingnan	姨仔 >, 細姨 <
	Chaozhou	阿姨
	Shantou	阿姨, 母姨
	Haifeng	姨
	Johor Bahru	阿姨
	Haikou	姨母, 阿姨
	Leizhou	尼姨, 姨, 姨仔, 阿姨, 阿尼姨
Puxian Min	Putian	阿姨
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿姨
Pinghua	Nanning	娘, 阿娘
Wu	Shanghai	姨媽, 阿姨
	Suzhou	娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 <
	Hangzhou	姨娘
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Chongming	娘姨
	Danyang	姨娘
	Jinhua	姨娘
	Ningbo	姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 <
Xiang	Changsha	姨媽 §, 姨子 not §
	Shuangfeng	大大娘 >, 姨基 <
	Loudi	大姨娘 >, 姨唧 <
	Quanzhou	姨, 娘娘
Note	§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

(great-aunt): 姨婆 (yípó)

Derived terms

大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā)

Related terms

(her husband) 姨父 (yífù), 姨丈 (yízhàng), 姨夫 (yífū), 姨爹 (yídiē)

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