# 姨夫
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yífu, yífū
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^4$ fu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ì-hŭ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi-fu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yífu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ˙ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yífů
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$-fu$^5$
*** Yale: yí-fu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi.fu
*** Palladius: ифу (ifu)
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵ fu³/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yífū
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yífu
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$-fu$^1$
*** Yale: yí-fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yifu
*** Palladius: ифу (ifu)
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Yale: yìh fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ì-hŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$u⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi-fu
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$ fu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi-fu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² fu⁴⁴/

### Noun

姨夫
* maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
* brother-in-law (husband of wife's sister)
* (endearing) a form of address between two clients of the same prostitute

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姨丈, 姨父, 姨夫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姨夫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姨丈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姨夫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 姨丈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姨夫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姨夫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姨夫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姨夫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姨夫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姨夫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姨夫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姨夫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姨爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姨爹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 姨夫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姨夫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姨丈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姨丈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 姨丈 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 姨丈 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姨丈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 姨丈 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姨爹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姨夫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 姨丈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 姨丈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姨父, 姨夫 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姨夫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 姨丈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 姨夫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 姨丈, 阿丈 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 姨丈, 阿丈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 姨丈, 阿丈 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 姨丈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姨丈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姨夫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姨夫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 姨夫 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 乾爺, 姨夫, 姨丈 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姨丈 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 夫爺 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姨爺子, 姨爺, 姨爹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大大爺 >, 姨爺子 < |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姨爺 |
| Note | > - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister | > - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister |

#### Related terms

* (wife, formal) 姨母 (yímǔ) (see also for list of terms by seniority of one's mother's sisters)
* (wife, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (āyí), 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)

### Proper noun

姨夫
* (Mainland China) Kazuo Hirai, former CEO of Sony