Keyword
mother's sister
- aunt
- Frequency
- #2074
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 夷 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
阿姨
maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation; childcare worker; nanny; domestic worker
姨妈
(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姨
mother's sister; aunt
小姨子
(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
姨母
mother's sister; maternal aunt
大姨
aunt (mother's eldest sister); (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
姨夫
mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
大姨妈
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
姨丈
mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
姨父
husband of mother's sister; uncle
姨娘
maternal aunt; father's concubine (old)
姨婆
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt
小姨
mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
姨太太
concubine
大姨子
sister-in-law; wife's older sister
婆姨
(dialect) wife; married woman
七大姑八大姨
distant relatives
姨奶奶
father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt
细姨
concubine
姨妹
wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
姨姐
wife's elder sister; sister-in-law
姨姥姥
mother's mother's sister; great-aunt