The Chinese word for aunt is
阿姨

ā yí

Chinese Definition

aunt
1. 名词. 姑母，姨母，伯母，婶母，舅母
2. 名词. （儿语）阿姨
Components
阿
1. (Used in front of persons' given names or kinship terms to express familiarity (traditionally in rural or southern Chinese dialects).)
阿爸 - Dad
^阿 ^扁 - A-Bian (w
^阿 ^甘 - A-Gump ((Forrest Gump))
2. (zh-alt-form, 啊, tr=ā,á,ǎ,à,a, particle)
3. big mound
4. mountain
5. fine silks
6. bend; corner
7. waterside
8. nearby; near
9. to flatter; to pander to
阿ē諛奉承 - sweet-talking
10. to be unfairly partial to
11. (zh-alt-form, 屙, to excrete)
姨
1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)
2. wife's sister
3. co-wife (媵), concubine

阿姨
1. n. (informal, affectionate) auntie; maternal aunt (mother's sister)
2. n. (Cantonese) one's mother's younger sister
3. n. (childish, affectionate) auntie: a 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

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