Meaning of 姨
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yí
- mother's sister
- aunt
姨 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她的大姨妈来了。
She's on the rag.
我阿姨给我带来了一些花。
My aunt brought me some flowers.
我的阿姨给了我一台摄影机。
My aunt gave me a camera.
我阿姨送了我一个生日礼物。
My aunt sent me a birthday present.
上个星期我们在我阿姨的家。
We were at my aunt's last week.
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姨 yí · mother's sister · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 姨.
| 阿姨 | āyí | maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation |
| 姨妈 | yímā | (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt |
| 大姨妈 | dàyímā | mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menst |
| 姨婆 | yípó | (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister |
| 小姨子 | xiǎoyízi | (coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) |
| 姨父 | yífu | husband of mother's sister; uncle |
| 姨母 | yímǔ | mother's sister; maternal aunt |
Questions about 姨
What does 姨 mean?
姨 (yí) means "mother's sister; aunt" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 姨?
姨 is made of 1 character: 姨 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 姨 an HSK word?
Yes. 姨 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.