妹婿

Chinese

		younger sister	husband; son-in-law
trad. (妹婿)		妹	婿
simp. ^#(妹婿)		妹	婿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèixù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶ sai³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): moi⁴ sê⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-sài / bēr-sài / mōe-sài / māi-sài / moāi-sài / běr-sài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèixù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèisyù
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴-hsü⁴
  - Yale: mèi-syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyshiuh
  - Palladius: мэйсюй (mɛjsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁶ sai³
  - Yale: muih sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: moi⁴ sê⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /moɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ se⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sài
  - Tâi-lô: bē-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexsaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ sai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /be⁴¹⁻²² sai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-sài
  - Tâi-lô: bēr-sài
  - IPA (Tong'an): /bə²²⁻¹¹ sai¹¹²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /bə²²⁻¹² sai¹²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōe-sài
  - Tâi-lô: muē-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moexsaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /muẽ³³⁻²¹ sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-sài
  - Tâi-lô: māi-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixsaix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moāi-sài
  - Tâi-lô: muāi-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaixsaix
  - IPA (Tainan): /muãi³³⁻¹¹ sai²¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /muai²¹ sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: běr-sài
  - Tâi-lô: běr-sài
  - IPA (Lukang): /bə³³⁻²² sai³¹/

Noun

妹婿

brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妹夫 (“brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妹夫, 妹倩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	妹夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	妹夫, 妹夫兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	妹夫
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Xi'an	妹夫
	Xining	妹夫
	Xuzhou	妹夫 non-face-to-face, 妹丈 dated
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	妹夫
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	妹夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	妹夫, 妹弟
	Wuhan	妹夫子, 妹夫
	Guiyang	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Liuzhou	妹夫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	妹婿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	妹婿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹夫 non-face-to-face
	Hong Kong	妹夫
	Dongguan	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Gan	Nanchang	妹夫
	Lichuan	妹夫
	Pingxiang	妹郎
Hakka	Meixian	老妹婿, 妹婿
	Yudu	妹郎, 妹郎子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老妹婿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老妹婿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老妹婿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老妹婿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老妹婿
Huizhou	Jixi	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Jin	Taiyuan	妹夫子
Jin	Xinzhou	妹夫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妹郎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	妹夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	妹婿
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	妹婿
	Quanzhou	妹婿
	Jinjiang	妹婿
	Zhangzhou	妹婿
	Taipei	妹婿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	妹婿
	Kaohsiung	妹婿
	Yilan	妹婿
	Changhua (Lukang)	妹婿
	Taichung	妹婿
	Tainan	妹婿
	Hsinchu	妹婿
	Kinmen	妹婿
	Penghu (Magong)	妹婿
	Penang (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Manila (Hokkien)	妹婿
	Leizhou	妹丈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹夫
Wu	Shanghai	妹夫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姊妹婿
	Suzhou	妹夫
	Danyang	妹婿
	Hangzhou	妹夫
	Ningbo	妹夫
	Wenzhou	妹夫
	Jinhua	妹夫 non-face-to-face
Xiang	Changsha	妹夫子, 妹郎子
	Loudi	妹夫, 妹郎子
	Hengyang	妹郎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妹	婿
いもうと Grade: 2	むこ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

妹(いもうと)婿(むこ) • (imōto-muko)

the husband of one's younger sister