大姨妈 meaning in English

dàyímā

mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)

Traditional 大姨媽18 strokes

Meaning of 大姨妈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàyímā
  1. mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)
  2. (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)

大姨妈 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā的de大dà姨yí妈mā来lái了le。
She's on the rag.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

姨 yí · mother's sister · 9 strokes

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妈 mā · ma · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 大姨妈.

妈妈māmamama; mommy
大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
大海dàhǎisea; ocean

Questions about 大姨妈

What does 大姨妈 mean?

大姨妈 (dàyímā) means "mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)".

How do you write 大姨妈?

大姨妈 is made of 3 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 姨 (9 strokes), 妈 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 大姨妈 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 大姨妈 is written 大姨媽.