阿嫂

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
simp. and trad. (阿嫂)		阿	嫂

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-só
Min Nan (POJ): a-só

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ sou²
  - Yale: a sóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ sou²
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑː³³ sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-só
  - Hakka Romanization System: a´ so`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ so³
  - IPA: /a²⁴ so³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-só
  - Tâi-lô: a-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: asoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

阿嫂

(direct address in Min Nan, both direct and indirect address in Cantonese and Hakka) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
(Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan, direct address) married woman of the same generation
(Zhangzhou Min Nan, direct address, euphemistic) mother

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