姨
mother's sister; aunt
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Dict coverage rank #2,265 U+59E8
How 姨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 夷 (phonetic, yí)
How to remember it
maternal aunt · Heisig RSH #2271
女 woman + 夷 barbarian
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夷 (yí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夷 sound component | yí | ancient barbarian tribes |
| 胰 | yí | pancreas; soap |
| 荑 | yí | sprout; to weed |
| 痍 | yí | wound, sore, bruise |
| 咦 | yí | exclamation of surprise |
Words containing 姨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大姨子 | dà yí zi | sister-in-law; wife's older sister |
| 小姨子 | xiǎo yí zi | (coll.) 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 yí | distant relatives |
| 姨太太 | yí tài tai | concubine |
| 姨母笑 | yí mǔ xiào | (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman) |
| 大姨 | dà yí | aunt (mother's eldest sister); (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the ag… |
| 小姨 | xiǎo yí | mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law |
| 阿姨 | ā yí | maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation; childcare worker;… |
| 姨奶奶 | yí nǎi nai | father's mother's sister (coll.); great aunt |
| 姨夫 | yí fu | mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister |
| 大姨妈 | dà yí mā | mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menst… |
| 姨母 | yí mǔ | mother's sister; maternal aunt |
| 细姨 | xì yí | concubine |
| 姨父 | yí fu | husband of mother's sister; uncle |
| 姨娘 | yí niáng | maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) |
| 姨婆 | yí pó | (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister… |
| 婆姨 | pó yí | (dialect) wife; married woman |
| 姨妹 | yí mèi | wife's younger sister; sister-in-law |
| 姨妈巾 | yí mā jīn | (coll.) sanitary towel |
| 姨姐 | yí jiě | wife's elder sister; sister-in-law |