姨 (ji4 ji4*1 | yi2) : mother's sister; wife's sister

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姨

ji4 ji4*1

yi2

[1] one's mother's sister
[2] one's wife's sister; sister-in-law
[3] aunt (woman of one's mother's age)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

姨

This word has been viewed 13728 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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阿姨 aa3 ji4*1 a1 yi2 = aunt (mother's younger sister); honorary auntie

姨丈 ji4 zoeng6*2 yi2 zhang4 = mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister

大姨 daai6 ji4 da4 yi2 = (informal) wife's elder sister; sister-in-law

姨媽 ji4 maa1 yi2 ma1 = (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt

姨表 ji4 biu2 = first cousins on the maternal side

姨甥 ji4 sang1 = nephew on mother's side; niece on mother's side 粵

小姨 siu2 ji4 xiao3 yi2 = (informal) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law

姨姨 ji4*1 ji4*1 yi2 yi2 = auntie

姨甥男女 ji4 sang1 naam4 neoi5 yi2 sheng5 nan2 nv3 = wife's sister's children

大姨子 daai6 ji4 zi2 da4 yi2 zi5 = wife's elder sister; sister-in-law
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Showing 1 example containing 姨

打麻雀係我姨媽嘅嗜好。粵
Playing mahjong is my aunt's hobby.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 姨
Unicode code for this character: U+59e8 (off-site link)

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