# 兄嫂
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiōngsǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄙㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^1$ sou$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiaⁿ-só
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngsǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄙㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syongsǎo
*** Wade–Giles: hsiung$^1$-sao$^3$
*** Yale: syūng-sǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongsao
*** Palladius: сюнсао (sjunsao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^1$ sou$^2$
*** Yale: hīng sóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^1$ sou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^1$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-só
*** Tâi-lô: hiann-só
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hviasoir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã³³ so⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

### Noun

兄嫂
* one's elder brother and his wife
* (indirect address) sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嫂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 嫂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 嫂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嫂子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 嫂子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嫂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嫂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嫂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嫂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嫂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫂子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嫂嫂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嫂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 嫂子, 嫂嫂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嫂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嫂嫂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嫂子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 嫂子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 嫂子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 嫂 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 大嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 大嫂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 大嫂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 大嫂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 嫂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿嫂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嫂嫂, 嫂子, 嫂 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 兄嫂 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嫂老子 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大嫂 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嫂嫂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿嫂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿嫂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嫂嫂, 嫂子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 嫂嫂, 嫂嫂啊, 嫂啊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嫂仔, 嫂嫂 face-to-face |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嫂, 兄嫂, 依嫂 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿嫂, 兄嫂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿嫂, 兄嫂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿嫂, 兄嫂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿嫂, 嫂 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿嫂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 嫂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 阿嫂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 家嫂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嫂 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嫂嫂, 阿嫂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face |
| Wu | Danyang | 嫂嫂 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫂嫂, 阿嫂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿嫂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂兒嫂兒 face-to-face |
| Xiang | Changsha | 嫂子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嫂嫂 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 嫂嫂 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 嫂子 |