姨妈 meaning in English
(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
Traditional 姨媽15 strokes
Meaning of 姨妈
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yímā
- (coll.) mother's sister
- maternal aunt
姨妈 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.
Stroke order for each character
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姨 yí · mother's sister · 9 strokes
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妈 mā · ma · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 姨妈.
| 妈妈 | māma | mama; mommy |
| 阿姨 | āyí | maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation |
| 大妈 | dàmā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 他妈的 | tāmāde | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 妈咪 | māmi | mommy (loanword) |
| 老妈 | lǎomā | mother; mom |
| 爸妈 | bàmā | dad and mom |
| 姑妈 | gūmā | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
| 阿妈 | āmā | grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother |
| 奶妈 | nǎimā | wet nurse |
| 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 |
Questions about 姨妈
What does 姨妈 mean?
姨妈 (yímā) means "(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt".
How do you write 姨妈?
姨妈 is made of 2 characters: 姨 (9 strokes), 妈 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
How is 姨妈 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 姨妈 is written 姨媽.