阿姨

Chinese
 
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 one's mother's sister; aunt
simp. and trad.
(阿姨)		 阿 姨

Pronunciation

Noun

阿姨

  1. (informal, affectionate) maternal aunt (mother's sister)
    1. (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
  2. (affectionate) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
  3. a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.
  4. (euphemistic) mom; mother

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
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

See also
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