小姨
xiǎo yí
Pinyin

Definition

小姨
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xiǎo yí
  1. (coll.) wife's younger sister
  2. sister-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 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
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

小时候，我最护着你小姨了，所以她现在特别疼你。等明年她要是有孩子了，这钱还得返回去。这叫礼尚往来。懂吗？
xiǎoshíhou ，wǒ zuì hù zhe nǐ xiǎoyí le ，suǒyǐ tā xiànzài tèbié téng nǐ 。děng míngnián tā yàoshì yǒu háizi le ，zhè qián hái děi fǎn huíqù 。zhè jiào lǐshàngwǎnglái 。dǒng ma ？
When we were little, I always took the best care of your auntie. So now she loves you dearly. Next year, if she has a child, you'll have to give this money back. That's called, ``what goes around, comes around." Do you understand?
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啊？一千块，那么多啊！小姨真好！
ā ？yī qiān kuài ，nàme duō a ！xiǎoyí zhēn hǎo ！
Oh!? A thousand yuan-- so much! Auntie is great!
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别别别，你全都原封不动交给我，我要做个记录。你小姨最疼你了，你看，一给就给了一千块！
bié bié bié ，nǐ quán dōu yuánfēngbùdòng jiāo gěi wǒ ，wǒ yào zuò ge jìlù 。nǐ xiǎoyí zuì téng nǐ le ，nǐ kàn ，yī gěi jiù gěi le yī qiān kuài ！
No, no! Give them all to me without opening them. I want to make a record. Your auntie loves you the most. Look, she gave you a thousand RMB!
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好好好，我最可爱的小娟娟，新年好！小姨祝你新年学习进步，每次考试都得第一名！来，给你个最大的红包！过来给小姨亲一个！
hǎo hǎo hǎo ，wǒ zuì kě ài de Xiǎo Juānjuan ，xīnnián hǎo ！xiǎoyí zhù nǐ xīnnián xuéxí jìnbù ，měicì kǎoshì dōu dé dì yī míng ！lái ，gěi nǐ ge zuì dà de hóngbāo ！guòlai gěi xiǎoyí qīn yī ge ！
Great! Happy new year, cute little Juanjuan! Auntie hopes your studies go well in the new year. I hope you are best-in-your-class on every test. Come on, here's the biggest red envelope! Come on over and give your auntie a kiss!
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小姨新年好！恭喜发财，红包拿来！
xiǎoyí xīnnián hǎo ！gōngxǐ fācái ，hóngbāo nálái ！
Happy New Year, auntie! May you be happy and prosperous! Please give me my red envelope!
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