"姨" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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姨
Trad. 姨
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 女
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 女大弓
女 + 夷
Prononciation
Mandarin yí
Entry Methods
Pinyin yi2
Kanji /
Cangjie
 VKN
女乂弓
Sijiao 4543.2
Wubi VGXW
CNS 11643 1-505E
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+59E8
GB2312 D2CC
BIG5 ABBC
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姨 yí mother's sister / aunt
Results beginning with 姨
姨妈 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt
姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt / father's concubine (old)
姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle
姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister
姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister
姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt
姨妹 yí mèi wife's younger sister / sister-in-law
姨姐 yí jiě wife's elder sister / sister-in-law
姨婆 yí pó (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
姨太太 yí tài tai concubine
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao mother's mother's sister / great-aunt
姨妈巾 yí mā jīn (coll.) sanitary towel
姨母笑 yí mǔ xiào (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)
姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai father's mother's sister (coll.) / great aunt
姨甥男女 yí sheng nán nu:3 wife's sister's children
Approximate Results for 姨
阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4]
小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law
大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
婆姨 pó yí (dialect) wife / married woman
细姨 xì yí concubine
小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
大姨妈 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
小阿姨 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
大阿姨 dà ā yí auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister
二阿姨 èr ā yí auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
三阿姨 sān ā yí auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
七大姑八大姨 qī dà gū bā dà yí distant relatives
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