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Character Decomposition
姨=女+夷
Etymology
woman
Meanings
mother's sister
aunt
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Words with 姨 42 total
maternal aunt · step-mother · childcare worker · nursemaid · woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) · CL: gè阿姨ā yí(dialect) wife · married woman婆姨pó yímother's sister's husband · husband of mother's sister姨夫yí fuhusband of mother's sister · uncle姨父yí fuwife's elder sister · sister-in-law姨姐yí jiě(coll.) mother's sister · maternal aunt姨妈yí māwife's younger sister · sister-in-law姨妹yí mèimother's sister · maternal aunt姨母yí mǔmaternal aunt · father's concubine (old)姨娘yí niáng(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father · (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt姨婆yí pómother's sister's husband · husband of mother's sister姨丈yí zhàngconcubine细姨xì yíaunt (mother's eldest sister) · (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)大姨dà yímother's youngest sister · wife's younger sister; sister-in-law小姨xiǎo yíconcubine姨太太yí tài tai(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)小姨子xiǎo yí zimother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) · (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)大姨妈dà yí māsister-in-law · wife's older sister大姨子dà yí zifather's mother's sister (coll.) · great aunt姨奶奶yí nǎi naimother's mother's sister · great-aunt姨姥姥yí lǎo lao(coll.) sanitary towel姨妈巾yí mā jīn(neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)姨母笑yí mǔ xiàodistant relatives七大姑八大姨qī dà gū bā dà yí
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