yí
姨 (yí) is a Chinese word meaning “mother's sister; aunt”.
Meanings
- 1mother's sister
- 2aunt
- Part of speech
- noun
Related words
阿姨maternal aunt姨妈(coll.) mother's sister小姨子(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)姨父husband of mother's sister姨婆(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father姨丈mother's sister's husband姨母mother's sister大姨子sister-in-law大姨aunt (mother's eldest sister)姨夫mother's sister's husband七大姑八大姨distant relatives大姨妈mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)