姨

姨 yí in a sentence

Aunt (sister-in-law)

Full dictionary entry 3 sentences

姨 (yí) means Aunt (sister-in-law). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

阿 姨 在厨房做饭。

Āyí zài chúfáng zuò fàn.

Auntie is cooking in the kitchen.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 阿姨

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From the graded readers

我问她:“阿 姨 ,您住几楼?我帮您拿吧。”

wǒ wèn tā:" ā / ē yí, nín zhù jǐ / jī lóu? wǒ bāng nín ná bā."

I asked her, "Which floor are you on? Let me carry those."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

走到三楼的时候,我看见一位阿 姨 站在那里休息。

zǒudào sān lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ kànjiàn yī wèi ā / ē yí zhàn zài nàli xiūxi.

On the third floor I saw a woman standing there resting.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

Words that contain 姨

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Questions about 姨

How is 姨 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 姨 (yí, "Aunt (sister-in-law)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 姨 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 姨 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 姨?

The dictionary page for 姨 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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