# 阿姨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āyí
    (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ ji$^{4-1}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): â-yì
    (Hailu, HRS): a$^˖$ rhi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): a$^1$ yi$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a$^1$ i$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): a-î / á-î
    (Teochew, Peng'im): a$^1$ i$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āyí
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ayí
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$-i$^2$
*** Yale: ā-yí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayi
*** Palladius: аи (ai)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ ji$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: a yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ ji$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ yi$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ (j)i¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^˖$ rhi
*** Sinological IPA: /a³³ ʒi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: a$^1$ yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: a$^1$ i$^2$ [Phonetic: a$^5$ i$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵³³⁻²¹ i¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-î
*** Tâi-lô: a-î
*** Phofsit Daibuun: a'ii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ i²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-î
*** Tâi-lô: á-î
*** Phofsit Daibuun: afii
*** IPA (Philippines): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: a$^1$ i$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a î
*** Sinological IPA : /a³³⁻²³ i⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'a yij
Rime :
| Character | 阿 | 姨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 烏何切 | 以脂切 |
| Baxter | 'a | yij |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑ/ | /jiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑ/ | /ji/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑ/ | /jɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔa/ | /ji/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑ/ | /i/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑ/ | /ji/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɑ/ | /i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ē | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | o$^1$ | ji$^4$ |

### Noun

阿姨
* (informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
       Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
       She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
** (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
* (endearing) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
* a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.
* (euphemistic) mom; mother

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 從母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姨母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姨媽 §, 姨兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 阿姨, 姨媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 姨娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姨娘 §, 姨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 阿姨 <, 姨媽 > |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 姨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姨媽 >, 姨 < |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姨娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姨媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 姨媽, 姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 姨娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姨媽 >, 姨姨 <, 姨娘 Hui |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姨媽, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姨, 姨娘, 姨媽 §, 小姨 < |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姨, 姨媽 >, 姨娘 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姨媽 >, 姨娘 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 姨娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姨媽 >, 姨娘 <, 姨姨 < |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姨媽 §, 姨娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 姨 <, 姨姨 < |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 大姨, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Macau | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 姨母 >, 姨姐仔 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 大姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 姨母 >, 姨媽 >, 姨姐 <, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 <, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 姨母 >, 姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 姨媽 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 姨媽 >, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姨, 姨媽 > |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 姨母 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿姨, 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 姨 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大姨 >, 阿姨 < |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 𡜵奶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 𡜵奶 >, 姨 < |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 姨母, 阿母, 阿姨, 阿娘 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 姨婆娘, 大姨, 細姨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 姨婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿姨 <, 姨媽 > |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姨, 姨娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姨, 大姨 >, 小姨 < |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姨娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大姨 >, 姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大姨, 晚姨 < |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姨, 姨奶 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 大姨 >, 阿大姨 >, 姨仔 <, 阿姨仔 < |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姨 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿姨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 姨 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 姨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姨姨 non-face-to-face, 姨姨啊 face-to-face |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 姨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 姨姨 |
| Jin | Jining | 姨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姨姨 |
| Jin | Baotou | 姨 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 姨 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 姨媽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嫲仔, 姨嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依姨, 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 大姨 >, 姨囝 < |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 大姨 >, 細姨 < |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 姨 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 姨奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 姨奶 >, 阿姨 < |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 姨奶 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姨 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 姨姨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姨, 姨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 姨母 >, 阿姨 <, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姨, 姨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 姨仔 >, 細姨 < |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿姨, 母姨 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 姨 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姨 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼姨, 姨, 姨囝, 阿姨, 阿尼姨 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姨母, 阿姨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿姨 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿姨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 姨母 >, 姨姐 < |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 娘, 阿娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姨媽, 阿姨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 娘姨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 娘姨娒娒 >, 阿姨 < |
| Wu | Danyang | 姨娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 姨娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姨嬤 >, 姨娘 >, 阿姨 < |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姨娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨媽 §, 姨子 not § |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大姨娘 >, 姨唧 < |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大大娘 >, 姨基 < |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姨娘 >, 大娘 >, 姨唧 < |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 姨, 娘娘 |
| Note | § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister | § - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 母, 娘 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 媽媽, 媽, 娘, 母親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 媽, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 媽, 媽媽, 母親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 媽媽, 母親, 額娘 dated, Manchus |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 母親, 媽媽, 媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 媽媽, 媽, 老媽 <> |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 媽媽, 娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 母親, 媽媽, 娘, 𫰎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 母親, 媽媽, 媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 媽, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 媽媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 媽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 媽, 娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 媽, 媽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 媽媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嬤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 母親, 媽, 娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 媽媽, 娘, 大兒, 母親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 媽, 母親, 媽媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 媽, 媽媽, 老媽 <>, 母親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 媽媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 媽媽, 媽, 老娘 <>, 阿娘 Hui, 阿娘子 used with minorities, 母親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘 <>, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang, 娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘, 大老 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 母親, 媽媽, 娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 母親, 媽媽, 娘, 姆媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 媽, 老媽 <>, humorous |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 母兒, 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 媽媽, 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 阿媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 媽, 媽媽, 母親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 阿媽, 媽, 娘老 <>, 老媽子 <>, 娘, 母親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 姆媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 阿媽, 媽媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 媽, 姆媽, 娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘 <>, 母親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 母親, 媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姆媽, 娘嬭 dated, 母親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 媽媽, 姆媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 媽, 媽爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 大, 娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 媽咪, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽打, 老母 <>, 老媽子 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 阿媽, 阿奶, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 媽, 阿媽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿奶, 阿仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿奶 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿媽, 媽咪, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) | 媽媽, 阿媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) | 阿媽, 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huangpu) | 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿大, 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) | 阿媽, 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) | 阿媽, 阿嬸, 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) | 阿大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿奶, 阿嬸, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿嬸, 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿娘, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿媽, 阿家, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿媽, 老母 <>, 母親 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿媽, 媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish, 老母 <>, 老乸 <>, Changping |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿大, 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 阿媽, 老母 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老母, 阿媽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿奶 <> |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿媽, 老母 <> |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 阿媽, 老母, 媽媽 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang (Cheban) | 阿奶 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 阿媽, 阿奶 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Meilu) | 老母 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 媽媽, 阿媽, 媽, 老乸 <>, 老娘 <>, 老媽子 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 媽媽, 阿奶, 阿嬸, 俺乸 <> |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 媽媽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 媽媽, 老奶 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿娘 <> |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 媽媽, 阿媽, 阿嬸, 老媽 <> |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 母 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿媽, 媽咪, 老媽子 <> |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姆媽, 娘老子 <> |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姆, 阿嫲, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿媽, 哀哩 <> |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿媽, 阿奶 <> |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿姆, 媽 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿媽, 阿姆 <> |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿媽, 阿姆 <> |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿媽, 阿姆 <> |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿媽, 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 嫲, 阿嫲 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 哀子, 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 阿姆, 哀子 <> |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿姆, 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 姆, 媽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Raoping (Xinfeng) | 阿姨, 阿禾 <> |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿奶 |
| Hakka | Changting | 姆媽, 姆娓, 哀哩 <> |
| Hakka | Wuping | 姆姆, 依呀, 哀哩 <> |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 哀哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 姆, 哀子 <> |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 姆, 哀 <> |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 姆媽, 母 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姆, 媽媽, 媽 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 姐 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 姆媽, 哀 <>, 乳子 <> |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 姆媽, 哀 <> |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫫, 姐佬 <> |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 姆㜷 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 嬤 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 姐佬, 姆姆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姆, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姆, 唔媽, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姆, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姆, 哀 <> |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姆, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿依, 哀仔 <> |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿媽, 阿姆 <> |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 老母, 老哀, 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿媽, 哀子 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿嬸, 阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 哀子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿媽, 哀子, 阿奶 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿媽, 哀 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 娘, 嫂 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿媽 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿姆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姆, 娘 <> |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 姆媽, 媽媽, 阿姨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媽, 媽媽 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Jin | Datong | 母親, 媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 波哇, 波波呀, 呀波呀, 波, 波波 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 母親, 媽 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 娘, 媽 |
| Jin | Linhe | 母親, 媽媽, 媽 |
| Jin | Jining | 媽媽 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 母親, 媽媽 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 母親, 娘 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘 |
| Jin | Handan | 母親, 娘 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 娘 |
| Jin | Suide | 媽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 依呀, 媽媽, 奶 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依媽, 依奶, 娘嬭 <> |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 奶, 依奶, 媽媽, 依娜, 娘嬭 <> |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依奶, 娘嬭 <> |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 媽媽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿母, 阿母仔, 母仔, 阿媽, 阿娘, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <> |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 老母 <>, 俺母仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿母, 母仔, 阿娘, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 阿娘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿母, 母仔, 咉奶, 嘔傴 euphemistic, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <>, 豬母 <>, humorous |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿母, 阿娘, 媽媽, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 卡桑, 阿母仔, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿母, 阿娘, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 媽媽, 阿母, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 歐卡桑, 阿母, 俺娘仔, 娘嬭, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 媽媽, 阿娘, 阿母, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俺娘仔, 老母 <>, 俺母 <> |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿母, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿母, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿母, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 媽媽, 媽, 阿母, 母仔, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿姈, 阿嬡 <> |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母, 嬡 <>, 母 <> |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿媽, 嬡 <>, 母 <> |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿娘, 阿姈 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 媽, 媽媽, 阿媽 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽 <> |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿媽, 阿嬡, 母 <>, 老母 <> |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 嬭, 嫂 dated, 姨 dated, 母 <>, 尼母 <>, 尼姨 <>, dated, 尼嫂 <>, dated |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 阿媽, 阿姐, 阿娘 dated, 阿嫂 dated, 母 <> |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 媽媽, 媽, 老母 <>, 媽咪 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 媽, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 阿媼 dated, 老娘 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 母親, 嬸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 媽媽, 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Wu | Suzhou | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Wu | Danyang | 媽, 娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 姆媽, 媽媽, 娘 <> |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿姆, 姆媽, 阿娘 <>, 老娘 <> |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿媽, 阿奶, 奶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Xiang | Changsha | 媽媽, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <> |
| Xiang | Loudi | 依爺, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <> |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 姆媽, 娘 <> |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姆媽 new-style, 娭毑 old-style, 娘 <>, 娘老倌 <>, 娘老倌子 <> |
| Note | <> - non-face-to-face | <> - non-face-to-face |

#### See also

* (her husband) 姨父 (yífu), 姨丈 (yízhàng), 姨夫 (yífu)

### Proper noun

阿姨
* (Internet slang) Liu Zhongjing (劉仲敬), Chinese political philosopher

#### Derived terms

* 阿姨學 / 阿姨学 (āyíxué)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿姨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿姨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “Entry #2352”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “阿姨”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 1.