yí mā

Traditional: 姨媽

姨妈 (yí mā) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) mother's sister
  2. 2maternal aunt

Characters in 姨妈

姨yí · mother's sister妈mā · ma

Related words

妈妈mama妈ma他妈的(taboo curse) damn it!阿姨maternal aunt姑妈(coll.) father's married sister大妈father's elder brother's wife姨mother's sister婆婆妈妈effeminate奶妈wet nurse小姨子(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)舅妈(coll.) aunt后妈(coll.) stepmother

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