大姨媽

See also: 大姨妈

Chinese

		big, eldest	auntie
trad. (大姨媽)		大	姨媽
simp. (大姨妈)		大	姨妈

The euphemistic sense was originally a Cantonese colloquialism.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàyímā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyimha
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ i³⁵ ma̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ji⁴ maa¹
  - Yale: daaih yìh mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji⁴ maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi⁴ ma¹
  - IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː²¹ maː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: du hhi 'ma (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻v̩ʷ²² ɦi⁵⁵ ʔma̱²¹/

大姨媽

(chiefly southern dialects) eldest maternal aunt (mother's eldest sister older than one's mother)
(euphemistic, slang, humorous) Aunt Flo (a personification of the menstrual period or menstruation)
來大姨媽 / 来大姨妈 ― lái dàyímā ― to be on one's period

If one's mother is the eldest of the sisters, her oldest sister is not reckoned as a 大姨媽 but as 二姨.

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事
Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Jinan	月經, 例假
	Muping	經脈兒
	Jiedian	月經, 身上
	Wuhan	好事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	月期
	Dongshi (Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Min Nan	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經
	Lukang	月經
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Wenzhou	身上來
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家

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