大姨

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	one's mother's sister; aunt
trad. (大姨)		大	姨
simp. ^#(大姨)		大	姨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyí

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji^4-1, daai⁶ ji⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyí
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-i²
  - Yale: dà-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyi
  - Palladius: даи (dai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ji^4-1, daai⁶ ji⁴
  - Yale: daaih yī, daaih yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji^4-1, daai⁶ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi^4-1, dai⁶ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /taːi̯²² jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-î
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ i²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² i²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ i¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ i²³/

Noun

大姨

oldest maternal aunt (mother's eldest sister)
sister-in-law (wife's elder sister)

Synonyms

(wife's elder sister): 大姨子 (dàyízi), 姨姐 (yíjiě)

See also

小姨 (xiǎoyí)

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