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sǎo

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sǎo
  1. 1.(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law

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  1. 1.sister-in-law (older brother's wife)
  2. 2.friend's wife

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *suːwʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ) * Mandarin *:(Pinyin): sǎo (sao³) *:(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ * Cantonese (Jyutping): sou² * Hakka *: (Sixian, PFS): só *: (Meixian, Guangdong): sau³ * Eastern Min (BUC): sō̤ * Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so³ / sor³ * Southern Min *: (Hokkien, POJ): só / só͘ *: (Teochew, Peng'im): so² / sao² * Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau * Mandarin ** (Standard Chinese)⁺ *** Hanyu Pinyin: sǎo *** Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ *** Tongyong Pinyin: sǎo *** Wade–Giles: sao³ *** Yale: sǎu *** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sao *** Palladius: сао (sao) *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ * Cantonese ** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong) *** Jyutping: sou² *** Yale: sóu *** Cantonese Pinyin: sou² *** Guangdong Romanization: sou² *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /sou̯³⁵/ * Hakka ** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu) *** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só *** Hakka Romanization System: so^ˋ *** Hagfa Pinyim: so³ *** Sinological IPA: /so³¹/ ** (Meixian) *** Guangdong: sau³ *** Sinological IPA: /sau³¹/ * Eastern Min ** (Fuzhou) *** Bàng-uâ-cê: sō̤ *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /so³³/ * Puxian Min ** (Putian) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: so³ *** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seô *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɬo⁴⁵³/ ** (Xianyou) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: so³ *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɬo³³²/ ** (Putian) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: sor³ *** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sô̤ *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɬɒ⁴⁵³/ ** (Xianyou) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: sor³ *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɬɒ³³²/ Note: *so3 - vernacular; *sor3 - literary. * Southern Min ** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese) *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só *** Tâi-lô: só *** Phofsit Daibuun: soir *** Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴¹/ *** Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴/ *** Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /so⁵³/ ** (Hokkien: Quanzhou) *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘ *** Tâi-lô: sóo *** Phofsit Daibuun: sor *** Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴/ ** (Teochew) *** Peng'im: so² / sao² *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só / sáu *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /so⁵²/, /sau⁵²/ Note: *so2 - vernacular; *sao2 - literary. * Wu ** (Northern: Shanghai) *** Wugniu: ⁵sau *** MiniDict: sau^去 *** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau *** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³⁴/ * Middle Chinese: sawX * Old Chinese *: (Zhengzhang): /*suːwʔ/

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