細姨

See also: 细姨

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (細姨)		細	姨
simp. (细姨)		细	姨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ ji^4-1
• Eastern Min (BUC): sá̤-ì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-î / sè-î / sère-î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi³ i⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-i²
    • Yale: syì-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyi
    • Palladius: сии (sii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ ji^4-1
    • Yale: sai yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ ji^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ yi^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sá̤-ì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-î
    • Tâi-lô: suè-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soea'ii
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sue¹²⁻⁵³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sue³¹⁻⁵³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ i²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-î
    • Tâi-lô: sè-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'ii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ i²³/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /se²¹⁻⁵³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ i¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sère-î
    • Tâi-lô: serè-î
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi³ i⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sòi î
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/

Noun

細姨

1. (obsolete or Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) concubine
2. (Cantonese) youngest maternal aunt (mother's youngest sister)
3. (Eastern Min, Teochew) sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾, 偏房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒, 屋兒裡人
	Taiwan	小老婆, 姨太太
	Harbin	小老婆
	Singapore	小老婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小老婆兒, 小婆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小老婆兒
	Wanrong	小婆子
	Xi'an	小婆子, 小
	Xuzhou	小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小老婆, 小
	Lanzhou	小老婆
	Ürümqi	小老婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小老婆, 小婆子
	Wuhan	小堂客, 小, 姨太太
	Guiyang	小婆娘, 姨太太
	Liuzhou	小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細婆, 妾侍
	Hong Kong	細婆, 妾侍
	Dongguan	細婆
Gan	Nanchang	小老婆, 小
	Lichuan	小婆
	Pingxiang	小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka	Meixian	小婆
	Yudu	小老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細姆, 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細姆
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
Huizhou	Jixi	細老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
	Xinzhou	小婆子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐 face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細姨
	Quanzhou	細姨
	Jinjiang	細姨
	Zhangzhou	細姨
	Taipei	細姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細姨
	Kaohsiung	細姨
	Yilan	細姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細姨
	Taichung	細姨
	Tainan	細姨
	Hsinchu	細姨
	Kinmen	細姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細姨
	Leizhou	細娘
	Haikou	細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細婆
Wu	Shanghai	小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
	Suzhou	小老媽
	Danyang	小老媽
	Hangzhou	小老婆
	Ningbo	小老𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒
	Jinhua	小老婆, 小婆
Xiang	Changsha	小婆子, 小堂客
	Loudi	小

Dialectal synonyms of 小姨 (“mother's youngest sister”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小姨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨仔
	Hong Kong	細姨
Hakka	Meixian	滿姨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滿姨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滿姨, 滿姨仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滿姨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滿姨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滿姨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滿姨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小姨嫲
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	尾姨

Dialectal synonyms of 小姨子 (“sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妻弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小姨子, 小姨, 姨妹
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	小姨子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小姨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小姨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小姨子
	Wanrong	小姨子
	Xi'an	小姨子
	Xuzhou	小姨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小姨子
	Ürümqi	小姨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小姨妹, 小姨妹兒
	Wuhan	姨妹
	Guiyang	姨妹
	Liuzhou	小姨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小姨子
	Yangzhou	小姨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姨仔
	Hong Kong	姨仔
	Dongguan	姨仔
Gan	Nanchang	小姨子
	Lichuan	小姨崽 non-face-to-face
	Pingxiang	姨仔 also for elder sister
Hakka	Yudu	小姨 face-to-face, 小姨子
Huizhou	Jixi	小姨
Jin	Taiyuan	小姨子
	Xinzhou	小姨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小姨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細姨
Southern Min	Xiamen	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Quanzhou	姨仔
	Zhangzhou	姨仔, 小姨仔
	Tainan	姨仔 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	姨仔
	Chaozhou	妻姨, 細姨
Wu	Shanghai	阿姨 non-face-to-face, 小姨子 non-face-to-face
	Danyang	小姨
	Hangzhou	小姨媽
	Ningbo	小姨
	Jinhua	小姨
Xiang	Changsha	姨妹子
	Loudi	姨妹
	Hengyang	姨妹子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)