姨 (yí)
maternal aunt
How 姨 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 — woman
- Traditional
- 姨
- Simplified
- 姨 (unchanged)
Common words using 姨
- 阿姨 āyí
- maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker
- 大姨 dàyí
- (informal) wife's elder sister; sister-in-law
- 大姨媽 dàyímā
- great aunt; (slang) menstruation; period
- 姨媽 yímā
- (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt
- 小姨 xiǎoyí
- (informal) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
- 大姨子 dàyízi
- sister-in-law; wife's older sister
- 姨丈 yízhàng
- mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
- 姨太太 yítàitai
- concubine
- 姨夫 yífu
- mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
- 姨奶奶 yínǎinai
- father's mother's sister (informal); great aunt
- 姨妹 yímèi
- wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
- 姨姐 yíjiě
- wife's elder sister; sister-in-law
姨 in a sentence
阿姨，我要買一個便當。
Āyí, wǒ yào mǎi yí ge biàndāng.
“Auntie, I want to buy a bento box.”
How common is 姨?
姨 is the 2,282nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98% of all running text.
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