Hangzhou Dialect - Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Time

gemao(葛毛)-- now

toumao(头毛)-- just now

yelitou(夜里头)-- at night

rizong(日中)-- at noon

rili(日里)-- in the day

zaosang(早上)-- in the morning

Expression of person, categorized by generation

agong(阿公)-- mother's father

apo(阿婆)-- mother's mother

yeye(爷爷)-- father's father

nainai(奶奶)-- father's mother

popo(婆婆)-- grandfather's sister

xiaoyaya(小爷爷)-- grandfather's sister's husband

aba(阿爸)/baba(爸爸)-- papa

muma(姆妈)/mama(妈妈)-- mom

bobo(伯伯)-- father's brother

damuma(大姆妈)-- wife of father's oldest brother

xiaoboubou(小伯伯)-- father's younger brother

sengniang(婶娘)-- wife of father's little brother

ayi(阿姨)/gugu(姑姑)-- father's sister

gufu(姑夫)-- father's sister's husband

niangjiu(娘舅)/ajiu(阿舅)/jiujiu(舅舅)-- mother's brother

jiumu(舅妈)-- wife of mother's brother

zhangren(丈人)-- wife's father

zhangmuniang(丈母娘)-- wife's mother

niniang(ni?娘)-- mother's sister

ganyi(干yi?)-- mother's sister's husband

age(阿哥)-- elder brother

adi(阿弟)-- little brother

ajie(阿姐)-- elder sister

amei(阿妹)-- little sister

biaoge/biaodi(表哥/表弟)-- male older/younger cousin who does not share surname

biaojie/biaomei(表姐/表妹)-- female older/younger cousin who does not share surname

tangge/tangdi(堂哥/堂弟)-- male older/younger cousin who shares the same surname

tangjie/tangmei(堂姐/堂妹)-- female older/younger cousin who shares the same surname

xiaoya'er(小伢儿)-- child