阿嬸

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	wife of father's younger brother
trad. (阿嬸)		阿	嬸
simp. (阿婶)		阿	婶

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sam²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): a-chím

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ sim²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ sam²
  - Yale: a sám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ sem²
  - IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɐm³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-chím
  - Tâi-lô: a-tsím
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aciem
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕim⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ t͡ɕim⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕim⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕim⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕim⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ sim²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a sím
  - IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ sim⁵²/

Noun

阿嬸

(Cantonese, Min Nan) aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Related terms

阿叔 (āshū)

Synonyms

叔母 (shūmǔ)
嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)
嬸母／婶母 (shěnmǔ)
嬸子／婶子 (shěnzi)
(Hakka) 叔姆

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