阿姨
Meaning
- maternal aunt
- step-mother
- childcare worker
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
我阿姨有三个孩子。
My aunt has three children.
Characters in 阿姨
- 阿 ā a prefix put before names in familiar speech
- 姨 yí mother's sister; a wife's sister
阿 a familiar prefix put before names plus 姨, a mother's sister. It has widened to any woman of that age, and to a domestic helper.