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āyí
| English Definition | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) |
| Simplified Script | 阿姨 |
| Traditional Script | Same |
| Pinyin | āyí |
| Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi) | Same |
| Zhuyin (Bopomofo) | ㄚ ㄧˊ |
| Cantonese (Jyutping) | aa3ji4 |
| Part of Speech | (名) noun |
| Measure Words | 个 |
| Topical Word Lists | Part of society/family/kinship |
| Proficiency Test Level | HSK.v3=4 TOCFL=4 |
| 阿 | ā | prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗 |
| 姨 | yí | mother's sister; aunt |
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Chinese characters or pinyin syllables
Chinese characters or pinyin syllables