Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words大嫂

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大嫂

dàsǎo·ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄠˇ

“older brother's wife; sister-in-law; respectful term for an older married woman; in Taiwan, also used by a husband to address his wife.”

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Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.

Older brother's wife; sister-in-law; a polite term of address for a friend's wife or another woman.