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姨

yí

HSK 3 Character

What 姨 means

1. mother's sister
2. aunt

Example sentences

• 我阿姨住在纽约。
  My aunt lives in New York.
• 他呆在他阿姨家。
  He stayed at his aunt's house.
• 我阿姨有三个孩子。
  My aunt has three children.
• 你叔叔给你阿姨剪头发。
  Nǐ shūshu gěi nǐ āyí jiǎntóufa.
  Your uncle gives your aunt a haircut.
• 我的阿姨因肺癌去世了。
  My aunt died of lung cancer.
• 我阿姨给我带来了一些花。
  Wǒ āyí gěi wǒ dàilái le yīxiē huā.
  My aunt brought me some flowers.

Words starting with 姨

• 姨妈yí mā(colloquial) mother's sister; maternal aunt
• 姨太太yí tài taiconcubine
• 姨娘yí niángmaternal aunt; father's concubine (old)
• 姨母yí mǔmother's sister; maternal aunt
• 姨丈yí zhàngmother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
• 姨夫yí fumother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
• 姨妹yí mèiwife's younger sister; sister-in-law
• 姨姐yí jiěwife's elder sister; sister-in-law
• 姨婆yí pó(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt…
• 姨父yí fuhusband of mother's sister; uncle
• 姨奶奶yí nǎi naifather's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt
• 姨妈巾yí mā jīn(colloquial) sanitary towel
• 姨母笑yí mǔ xiào(neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)
• 姨姥姥yí lǎo laomother's mother's sister; great-aunt

Words containing 姨

• 阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker
• 大姨dà yíaunt (mother's eldest sister)…
• 婆姨pó yí(dialect) wife; married woman
• 小姨xiǎo yímother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
• 细姨xì yíconcubine
• 大姨妈dà yí māmother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)…
• 大姨子dà yí zisister-in-law; wife's older sister
• 小姨子xiǎo yí zi(colloquial) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
• 七大姑八大姨qī dà gū bā dà yídistant relatives

Characters built on 夷

These share the phonetic component 夷 (yí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胰yípancreas
• 咦yíexpression of surprise
• 痍yíbruise; sores
• 荑tí(grass)

Characters that look like 姨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 迪díto enlighten
• 娱yúto amuse
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

Sounds the same

Read yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宜proper; should; suitable
• 疑(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 移to move; to shift; to change
• 遗(bound form) to leave behind
• 仪apparatus; rites; appearance
• 怡harmony; pleased
• 咦expression of surprise
• 夷non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 颐(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇
• 贻to present; to bequeath