大嬸
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
wife of father's younger brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大嬸) | 大 | 嬸 | |
| simp. (大婶) | 大 | 婶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàshěn
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàshěn
- Wade–Giles: ta4-shên3
- Yale: dà-shěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsheen
- Palladius: дашэнь (dašɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàshěnr
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄣˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàshěnr
- Wade–Giles: ta4-shên3-ʼrh
- Yale: dà-shěnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsheel
- Palladius: дашэньр (dašɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʂəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: daai6 sam2
- Yale: daaih sám
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 sam2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 sem2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² sɐm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
Noun
大嬸
- aunt (wife of the eldest brother of one's father)
- woman in the same generation as and younger than one's mother
- 當初你大嬸原該自己拿出主意，立定不肯，大叔也只得罷了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Xizhou Sheng, Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World, 17th century CE
- Dāngchū nǐ dàshěn yuán gāi zìjǐ náchū zhǔyì, lìdìng bùkěn, dàshū yě zhǐdé bàle. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
当初你大婶原该自己拿出主意，立定不肯，大叔也只得罢了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- older woman