阿姨 āyí HSK4 aunt Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents āyí aunt 阿 ā interjection [prefix] Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.姨 yí noun maternal aunt one's mother's sister; maternal auntāyí auntie · nanny 阿 ā interjection [prefix] Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.姨 yí noun auntie a general term for a woman around the same age as one's motherāyí concubine 阿 ā interjection [prefix] Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.姨 yí concubine (bound form) a concubine or a father's secondary wifeāyí sister-in-law 阿 ā interjection [prefix] Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.姨 yí sister-in-law (bound form) a wife's sister