What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 阿姨 mean?

阿姨 āyí

aunt (term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation)

It can also mean

  • nanny; domestic helper
  • mother's sister

Its characters

  1. 阿 ā (prefix) used before names and kinship terms (as in 阿姨, 阿明)
  2. 姨 yí aunt (mother's sister)

In a sentence

阿姨,请问洗手间在哪儿? Excuse me, ma'am, where is the restroom?

唐阿姨做了很多菜,桌子上有鸡蛋、面条、包子,还有米饭。

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