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Chinese [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
姨爹
( chiefly regional , Southern Chinese ) maternal uncle ( husband of mother 's sister )
我 父親 每日 為 兩 位 姨娘 操心 ,要 尋 兩 個 又 有 根基 又 富貴 又 青年 又 俏皮 的 兩 位 姨爹 ,好 聘嫁 這 二 位 姨娘 的 。 [MSC , trad. ] 我 父亲 每日 为 两 位 姨娘 操心 ,要 寻 两 个 又 有 根基 又 富贵 又 青年 又 俏皮 的 两 位 姨爹 ,好 聘嫁 这 二 位 姨娘 的 。 [MSC , simp. ] From: Dream of the Red Chamber , 63:Wǒ fùqīn měirì wèi liǎng wèi yíniáng cāoxīn, yào xún liǎng ge yòu yǒu gēnjī yòu fùguì yòu qīngnián yòu qiàopí de liǎng wèi yídiē , hǎo pìnjià zhè èr wèi yíniáng de. [Pinyin] My father worries about his two concubines every day; he needs to find two guys who are young, established, wealthy and charming, so that he can marry off these two concubines.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
姨丈 (“maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
姨丈 , 姨父 , 姨夫
Mandarin
Beijing
姨夫
Taiwan
姨丈
Harbin
姨夫
Yantai (Muping)
姨夫
Jinan
姨夫
Luoyang
姨夫
Wanrong
姨夫
Xi'an
姨夫
Xining
姨夫
Ürümqi
姨夫
Wuhan
姨爹
Chengdu
姨爹
Xuzhou
姨夫
Yangzhou
姨夫
Hefei
姨夫
Singapore
姨丈
Cantonese
Guangzhou
姨丈
Hong Kong
姨丈
Dongguan
姨丈
Yangjiang
姨丈
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
姨丈
Singapore (Guangfu)
姨丈
Gan
Nanchang
姨爹
Lichuan
姨夫
Hakka
Meixian
姨丈
Yudu
姨丈
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
姨丈
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
姨丈
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
姨丈
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
姨丈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
姨丈
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
姨丈
Senai (Huiyang)
姨丈
Jin
Taiyuan
姨父 , 姨夫
Xinzhou
姨夫
Northern Min
Jian'ou
姨丈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
姨夫
Southern Min
Xiamen
姨丈 , 阿丈
Quanzhou
姨丈
Zhangzhou
姨丈
Taipei
姨丈
New Taipei (Sanxia)
姨丈
Kaohsiung
姨丈
Yilan
姨丈
Changhua (Lukang)
姨丈
Taichung
姨丈
Tainan
姨丈
Hsinchu
姨丈
Kinmen
姨丈
Penghu (Magong)
姨丈
Singapore (Hokkien)
姨丈 , 阿丈
Manila (Hokkien)
姨丈
Chaozhou
姨丈 , 阿丈
Bangkok (Teochew)
姨丈
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
姨丈
Singapore (Teochew)
姨丈
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
姨丈
Wu
Shanghai
姨夫
Shanghai (Chongming)
姨夫
Suzhou
姨夫
Hangzhou
乾爺 , 姨夫 , 姨丈
Ningbo
姨丈
Wenzhou
夫爺
Xiang
Changsha
姨爺子 , 姨爺 , 姨爹
Shuangfeng
大大爺 > , 姨爺子 <
Note
> - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister
Derived terms [ edit ]
Related terms [ edit ]
( wife, formal ) 姨母 (yímǔ ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters )
( wife, informal, affectionate ) 阿姨 (āyí ), 姨媽 / 姨妈 (yímā )