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妹婿

妹婿

Chinese

		younger sister	son-in-law
simp. and trad. (妹婿)		妹	婿

Noun

妹婿

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mèixù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): bē-sài / bēr-sài / mōe-sài / māi-sài / moāi-sài / běr-sài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mèixù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄒㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyshiw
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁶ sai³
  - Yale: muih sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²² sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sài
  - Tâi-lô: bē-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexsaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ saɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ saɪ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-sài
  - Tâi-lô: bēr-sài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² saɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōe-sài
  - Tâi-lô: muē-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moexsaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mue³³⁻²¹ saɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-sài
  - Tâi-lô: māi-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixsaix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /maɪ²²⁻²¹ saɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moāi-sài
  - Tâi-lô: muāi-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaixsaix
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: běr-sài
  - Tâi-lô: běr-sài