姨夫

Chinese

		one's mother's sister; aunt	husband; man
simp. and trad. (姨夫)		姨	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yífū

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ fu¹
Min Dong (BUC): ì-hŭ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yífū → yífu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ → ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ fu⁵⁵/ → /i³⁵ fu³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ fu¹
  - Yale: yìh fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-hŭ
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)u⁵⁵/

Noun

姨夫

maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
brother-in-law (husband of wife's sister)
(affectionate) a form of address between two clients of the same prostitute

Synonyms

姨丈 (yízhàng), 姨父 (yífù)

Related terms

(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)

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