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阿姨

ā yí

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Measure word 个

阿姨 (ā yí) means "maternal aunt". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 阿姨 means

1. maternal aunt
2. step-mother
3. childcare worker
4. nursemaid
5. woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)

The characters in 阿姨

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 姨yímother's sister; 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.

Where 阿姨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Extended Family (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ā yí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.