| 大嫂 | dà sǎo | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 军嫂 | jūn sǎo | serviceman's wife; wives of military personnel | |
| 兄嫂HSK 6 | xiōng sǎo | elder brother and his wife | |
| 空嫂 | kōng sǎo | married stewardess of mature age | |
| 月嫂 | yuè sǎo | woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth |