姨妈 (姨媽)
yí mā
Pinyin

Definition

姨妈 (姨媽)
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yí mā
  1. (coll.) mother's sister
  2. maternal aunt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

阿姨
ā yí
  1. 1 maternal aunt
  2. 2 step-mother
  3. 3 childcare worker
  4. 4 nursemaid
  5. 5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
大姨
dà yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's elder sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
大姨妈
dà yí mā
  1. 1 great aunt
  2. 2 (slang) menstruation
  3. 3 period
姨夫
yí fu
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
姨妈
yí mā
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's sister
  2. 2 maternal aunt

Sample Sentences

这么浮夸，不用成语会憋死你吗？嗯，今天是第五天，姨妈就快走咯。
zhème fúkuā ，bùyòng chéngyǔ huì biē sǐ nǐ ma ？ng4 ，jīntiān shì dìwǔtiān ，yímā jiù kuài zǒu lo 。
So grandiose? Would it kill you not to use a four character phrase? Eh, today is the fifth day, Aunty Flow must almost be on the out.
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啧啧，难怪神经质又开始了，估计这就是姨妈的反扑，她怎么肯那么轻易地放过你，哦不，放过我。
zézé ，nánguài shénjīngzhì yòu kāishǐ le ，gūjì zhè jiùshì yímā de fǎnpū ，tā zěnme kěn nàme qīngyì de fàngguò nǐ ，ò bù ，fàngguò wǒ 。
Tut tut, no wonder your nerves are playing up, it's Aunty Flow's last stand. How could she let you off so easy, oh, no, let me off so easy.
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倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
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听说二姨妈的干女儿又找了一个男朋友，你们见过吗？
tīngshuō èr yímā de gānnǚér yòu zhǎo le yī gè nán péngyou ，nǐmen jiàn guo ma ？
I've heard that auntie's goddaughter has found a boyfriend again. Have you seen him?
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你刚没听见吗？居然说我大姨妈来，她什么意思！她一定知道我在生气什么，虚伪！变态！神经病！
nǐ gāng méi tīngjiàn ma ？jūrán shuō wǒ dàyímā lái ，tā shénme yìsi ！tā yídìng zhīdào wǒ zài shēngqì shénme ，xūwěi ！biàntài ！shénjīngbìng ！
Didn't you just hear her? How could she ask if my Aunt Flo is in town, what did she mean by that! She must know I'm angry at her, what a phony! Pervert! Mental case!
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你大姨妈是你的老朋友？
nǐ dàyímā shì nǐde lǎo péngyou ？
Is your great aunt your old friend?
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不是，我大姨妈来了。
bùshì ，wǒ dàyímā lái le 。
No, my great aunt has come.
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