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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yí | yi2
English translation
mother's sister
aunt
aunt, mother's sister

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女夷

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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shì 街坊 jiē fāng shǎng 所有 suǒyǒu 孩子 háizi de hǎo 阿姨 āyí .

She is a good aunt to all the children in the neighbourhood.

下午 xiàwǔ gēn de 阿姨 āyí lǎo guàng jiē le .

I went shopping with my mum and aunty today.

波莉姨妈 yí mā zhù le shǒu , lèng le huì ér , Tāng 指望 zhǐwàng huì 讲些好话 hǎo huà hōng .

Aunt Polly paused, perplexed, and Tom looked for healing pity.

姨妈 yí mā ,希德 táng chī , nín 怎么 zěnme ya . ”

" Aunt, you don't whack Sid when he takes it. "

zhè 可不 kě bu shì hǎo 兆头 zhào tou , ” 波莉姨妈 yí mā 阴着 liǎn shuì , “ 汤姆 Tāng mǔ . yǒu 什么 shénme 心事 xīn shì ? ”

" It's a bad sign,'said Aunt Polly, gravely. " What you got on your mind, Tom? "

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
阿姨 āyí maternal aunt阿姨 āyí
姨妈 yí mā maternal aunt姨媽
aunt
小姨 xiǎo yí sister-in-law小姨 xiǎo yí
大姨 dà yí sister-in-law大姨 dà yí
姨父 yí fu uncle姨父 yí fu
小姨子 xiǎo yí zi sister-in-law小姨子 xiǎo yí zi
姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband姨夫 yí fu
姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband姨丈 yí zhàng
姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister姨母 yí mǔ
姨太太 yí tài tai concubine姨太太 yí tài tai
婆姨 pó yí (dialect) wife婆姨 pó yí
大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law大姨子 dà yí zi
姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai great aunt姨奶奶 yí nǎi nai
姨妹 yí mèi sister-in-law姨妹 yí mèi
姨姐 yí jiě sister-in-law姨姐 yí jiě
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao great-aunt姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao

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Decomposition

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