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Word and Radical Components of 阿姨

The Chinese word 阿姨 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
阿姨 āyí 1. n. (informal, affectionate) maternal aunt (mother's sister or female cousin)
     她 萬萬 沒 想到 她 的 阿姨 是 殺手。 - She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
2. n.    (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
3. n. (affectionate) auntie (form of address for any woman around one's mother's age)
4. n. (a form of address for working-age female caretakers, including nurses, cleaning ladies, live-in staff, etc.)
5. n. (euphemistic) mom; mother

阿姨 ⇨ 阿 + 姨
Component Pinyin Meanings
阿 ā, à 1. (Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness (traditionally used in rural or southern Chinese dialects).)
     (Alternative form 亞)
     阿爸 - dad
     阿 @扁 - Ah Bian (Chen Shui-bian)
     《阿Qqiū 正傳zhuàn》 - The True Story of Ah Q
2. (Hokkien, honorific) (Prefix to rank seniority for kinship terms.)
     阿兄 - eldest brother, MN
3. (Northern Wu, including Suzhou) (Interrogative particle)
     倷 阿 姓 趙？ - Is your surname Zhao?, W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 20
4. Alternative form of 啊 (ā, á, ǎ, à, a, t=particle)
5. Short for 阿富汗 (Afghanistan)
6. Short for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Albania)
7. Short for 阿拉伯 (Arabic)
8. atto- (SI unit prefix)
ē 9. big mound; mountain
10. hillside
11. fine silks
12. (literary, of a mountain or stream) bend; corner
13. waterside
14. nearby; near
15. to flatter; to pander to
     阿ē諛奉承 - sweet-talking
16. to be unfairly partial to
17. Alternative form of 屙 (to excrete)
姨 yí 1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)
     二 姨 - mother's second eldest sister
2. sister-in-law (wife's sister)
3. aunt (a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger)
4. (historical) father's concubine

阿 ⇨ 阝 + 可
Component Pinyin Meanings
阜 fù 1. (literary) mound
2. (literary) abundant; rich
可 kě 1. can; may; be able to
     可溶 - soluble
     可 大 可 小 - can be serious or minor
     這 袋子zi 可 盛 五十 公斤。 - This bag can hold 50 kilos.
     他 沒有 家 可 住。 - He had no place to live.
2. to approve; to permit
     許可 - to permit, to allow
     認可 - to approve
3. to fit; suit
     可心 - satisfying
     可口 - tasty
4. to be worth doing
     可愛 - cute; adorable, lit=worth loving
     可歌可泣 - epic; moving, lit=worth praising and crying over
     四川 可 玩 的 地方fang 太 多 了。 - There are too many places in Sichuan worth visiting.
5. but; however
     Synonyms: 可是
6. (Particle used for emphasis.)
7.    (archaic) (Used in questions for emphasis.)
8.   您 一向 可 好？ - How have you been lately?
9.    (Used in rhetorical questions for emphasis.)
10.    (Used in declarative sentences for emphasis.)
11.   我 喜歡huan 的 運動 可 多 了。 - There are many sports that I like.
12.   我 可 不 太 知道。 - I don't really know.
13.    (Used in exclamatory sentences for emphasis.)
14.   這 可 不行 啊！ - But this won't do!
15.    (Used in imperative sentences for emphasis.)
16. (literary) about; around
17. (literary) to recover completely (from an illness)
18. =====Usage notes=====
19. When Mandarin speakers wish to imitate the sound of the dialectal pronunciation of 可 in written form, the character 可.
     闊以 - (imitates the sound of 可以 in dialectal Chinese)
     闊落 - (imitates the sound of 可樂 in dialectal Chinese)
kè 20. Only used in 可汗
21. Variant of 嗬

姨 ⇨ 女 + 夷
Component Pinyin Meanings
女 nǜ 1. woman
2. Variant of 汝
夷 yí 1. an ancient tribe in eastern China
2. barbarian; foreigners
     tricks so as to control them
3. to level; to raze
4. flat; level; smooth
5. to eradicate; to obliterate
6. someone of the same generation
7. happy; joyous
8. 23rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ease" (?)

可 ⇨ 丁 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
丁 dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     撈lou1丁 -
     丁 肇-中 - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. Only used in 丁丁
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪
口 kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
     漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
     這 話 出自 你 的 口，聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
     三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
     我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名

夷 ⇨ 大 + 弓
Component Pinyin Meanings
大 dà 1. of great size; big; large; huge
     Antonyms: 小
     這 個 太 大 了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
     呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
     中 美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
     大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
     昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
     好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
     大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
     大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
     大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
     你 遇到 這 種 情況，大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
     你 可 不 知道，他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
     Antonyms: 小
     他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
     他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
     大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
     Antonyms: 小
     你 多 大 了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
     她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
     你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
     喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
     Antonyms: 細
     我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
     你 大 我 呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?
     你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
     咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
     我 好 急 呀，要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
     北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
dài, dà 17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
     咁 大daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰
弓 gōng 1. bow (weapon)
2. bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult)
3. curved; arched
4. to arch; to bend
5. (Jiexi Hakka) rainbow
6. (obsolete) (synonym of zh, 步) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
     Gong