妹夫

Chinese

		younger sister	husband; man
simp. and trad. (妹夫)		妹	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèifū

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶ fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): bēr-hu / bē-hu / māi-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mèifū → mèifu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄈㄨ → ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ → /meɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: muih fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²² fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-hu
  - Tâi-lô: bēr-hu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² hu³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hu
  - Tâi-lô: bē-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexhw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-hu
  - Tâi-lô: māi-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixhw
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãɪ²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

妹夫

brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)

Synonyms

妹婿 (mèixù)
妹丈 (mèizhàng)
妹倩 (mèiqiàn)
(Hakka) 老妹婿

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