嫂子

• Pinyin: sǎo zi
• Desglose de hanzi: 嫂 = 女 (woman) + 叟 (elder male, phonetic) = elder brother's wife; 子 = light-tone suffix, common in kinship and body-part terms in spoken Mandarin

Significado

Cuñada (esposa del hermano mayor).

Used both as a formal kinship title and as a warm form of address. In informal settings, the term is often extended to address any slightly older married woman in a friendly way. Distinguished from 弟媳 (younger brother's wife). In northern Chinese dialects, 嫂子 is widely used in casual speech.

Ejemplos

1. 他的嫂子为人热情开朗，每次家庭聚会都主动承担烹饪任务，把整桌佳肴做得色香味俱全。
2. 小李走进院子，远远便看见嫂子正在晾晒衣物，便主动过去帮忙将竹竿架上更高的地方。
3. 她虽与哥哥分隔两地，但与嫂子的关系格外亲密，两人几乎每天都会通过视频通话分享彼此的生活近况。

Guía de uso

Contexto: family, kinship, everyday speech

Tono: warm

Correcto

• 他离家多年，再次回到故乡时，嫂子第一时间端上了一大碗热腾腾的手擀面，说这是他从小最爱吃的味道。(After years away from home, when he returned to his hometown, his sister-in-law immediately brought out a large bowl of steaming hand-rolled noodles, saying it was his favourite taste since childhood.)
• 在这个大家庭里，嫂子不仅是哥哥的伴侣，更像是全家人的黏合剂，总是在家庭矛盾萌生之际及时化解分歧。(In this extended family, his sister-in-law was not only his brother's partner but more like the family's binding agent, always defusing disagreements just as family conflicts began to arise.)

Incorrecto

• 我的嫂子是我哥哥的老婆 — this rephrasing is redundant; 嫂子 already defines the relationship precisely; simply say 我嫂子 in context

Origen e historia

嫂 = 女 (woman) + 叟 (old man, phonetic sǒu with sound shift to sǎo) = elder brother's wife; 子 = light-tone nominal suffix in colloquial Mandarin

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal