Chinese

阿姨

/ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵/
maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese阿 “Prefix used in terms of address (kinship terms, surnames, given names), usually to express familiar…”
    • meaningChinese阜 “mound”
    • soundChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
      • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
      • soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
        • componentChinese𠃑
        • componentChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese姨 “maternal aunt (mother's sister)”
    • meaningChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • soundChinese夷 “ancient tribes in China”
      • ideaChinese矢 “arrow”
      • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
      • ideaChinese弓 “bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)”

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