阿姨
ā​yí HSK4

maternal aunt

阿姨 ā​yí
maternal aunt noun
sister of one's mother

我大阿姨明天要从上海来看我们。

wǒ dà ā​yí míng​tiān yào cóng Shàng​hǎi lái kàn wǒ​men.

My eldest aunt is coming from Shanghai to visit us tomorrow.

auntie noun
polite term of address for a woman of one's parents' generation

阿姨，请问到地铁站怎么走？

ā​yí, qǐng​wèn dào dì​tiě​zhàn zěn​me zǒu?

Excuse me, ma'am, how do I get to the subway station?

nanny noun
domestic helper, childcare worker, or nursemaid

我们家请了一位阿姨照顾刚出生的小宝宝。

wǒ​men jiā qǐng le yī wèi ā​yí zhào​gu gāng chū​shēng de xiǎo​bǎo​bǎo.

Our family hired a nanny to look after the newborn.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
23.6 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
17.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)