安娣

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	wife of a younger brother
trad. (安娣)		安	娣
simp. ^#(安娣)		安	娣

Etymology

Partial phono-semantic matching of English auntie.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āndī

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄉㄧ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āndī
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄉㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: andi
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-ti¹
  - Yale: ān-dī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: andi
  - Palladius: аньди (anʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-ti
  - Tâi-lô: an-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: andy
  - IPA (Singapore): /an⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

Noun

安娣

(Singapore, Malaysia) auntie (term of address for an older woman)

Synonyms

阿姨 (āyí)

Coordinate terms

安哥 (āngē, “uncle”)

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