兄嫂

Chinese

		elder brother	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (兄嫂)		兄	嫂
simp. ^#(兄嫂)		兄	嫂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngsǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄙㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sou²
Min Nan (POJ): hiaⁿ-só

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiōngsǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄙㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ sou²
  - Yale: hīng sóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ sou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ sou²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-só
  - Tâi-lô: hiann-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviasoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

兄嫂

one's elder brother and his wife
(indirect address) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)

Synonyms

(elder brother's wife): 嫂子 (sǎozi), 大嫂 (dàsǎo), 嫂嫂 (sǎosao); (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) 阿嫂

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