# 姨媽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yímā
       (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi$^2$ ma$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^4$ maa$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ì-mā
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-má
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi-ma
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i$^2$ ma$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yímā
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíma
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$-ma$^1$
*** Yale: yí-mā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimha
*** Palladius: има (ima)
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵ mä⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yi$^2$ ma$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ima
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹ ma⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ maa$^1$
*** Yale: yìh mā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ maa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹ maː⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-mā
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵³⁻³³ ma³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-má
*** Tâi-lô: î-má
*** Phofsit Daibuun: imar
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² mã⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /i¹¹ mã²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi-ma
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$ ma
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi-ma
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² ma⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: i$^2$ ma$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /i¹³ ma̠³³/

### Noun

姨媽
* (Mandarin, informal, endearing) maternal aunt (mother's sister, usually married)
* (Cantonese) maternal aunt (mother's elder sister)
* (Eastern Min, Southern Min) great-aunt (grandmother's sister)
* (informal) Alternative name for 大姨媽／大姨妈 (dàyímā, “menstrual period”).

#### 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 |
* (great-aunt): 姨婆 (yípó), 姨姥姥 (yílǎolao); (Northern Min) 姨嫲婆; (Xiang) 姨娭毑, 姨外婆

#### Derived terms

* 大姨媽 / 大姨妈 (dàyímā)

#### Related terms

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

### References

* 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “姨妈”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 58.