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Translingual
Han character
姨 (Kangxi radical 38, 女 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大弓 (VKN ), four-corner 45432 , composition ⿰女 夷 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 260 , character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6222
Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 12
Unihan data for U+59E8
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
桋
*l'iːl, *lil
荑
*l'iːl, *lil
銕
*l'iːl, *l̥ʰiːd
鴺
*l'iːl, *lil
鮧
*l'iːl, *lil
洟
*l̥ʰiːls, *lil
羠
*ljilʔ, *lil
咦
*hril
夷
*lil
姨
*lil
痍
*lil
峓
*lil
恞
*lil
眱
*lil
蛦
*lil
胰
*lil, *lɯ
跠
*lil
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *lil ) : semantic 女 ( “ woman ” ) + phonetic 夷 ( OC *lil) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : yí (yi2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄧˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : yi2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : йи (yi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : ji4 / ji4-1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : yi3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : i4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : yì
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : yi2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : i1
Eastern Min (BUC ) : ì
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : î
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : i5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 yi
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : i2
Note : yír - “maternal aunt”.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
姨
Reading #
1/1
No.
14863
Phonetic component
夷
Rime group
脂
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
姨
Old Chinese
/*lil/
Definitions
姨
maternal aunt ( mother 's sister )
二 姨 ― èr yí ― mother's second eldest sister
sister-in-law ( wife 's sister )
aunt ( a term of address for a woman around one's mother's age or slightly younger )
( historical ) father 's concubine
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
從母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
姨母
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
姨媽 § , 姨兒
Taiwan
阿姨 , 姨媽
Ulanhot
姨
Tongliao
姨娘
Chifeng
姨
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
姨
Harbin
姨
Shenyang
姨娘 § , 姨
Singapore
阿姨 < , 姨媽 >
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
姨
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
姨
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
姨
Wanrong
姨
Zhengzhou
姨
Xi'an
姨媽 > , 姨 <
Xining
姨娘
Xuzhou
姨
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
姨媽
Bayanhot
姨媽 , 姨
Lanzhou
姨娘
Ürümqi
姨媽 > , 姨姨 < , 姨娘 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
姨媽 , 娘娘
Wuhan
姨 , 姨娘 , 姨媽 § , 小姨 <
Guiyang
姨媽
Kunming
姨媽
Guilin
姨媽
Liuzhou
姨 , 姨媽 > , 姨娘 <
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
姨媽 > , 姨娘 <
Yangzhou
姨娘
Nantong
姨媽 > , 姨娘 < , 姨姨 <
Hefei
姨媽 § , 姨娘
Cantonese
Guangzhou
姨媽 > , 阿姨 < , 姨 < , 姨仔 <
Hong Kong
姨媽 > , 阿姨 < , 姨 < , 姨姨 <
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
大姨 , 阿姨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
大姨 > , 阿姨 <
Macau
姨媽 > , 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Panyu)
姨媽 > , 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
姨母 > , 姨姐仔 <
Guangzhou (Conghua)
大姨母 > , 阿姨 <
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
姨母 > , 姨媽 > , 姨姐 < , 阿姨 <
Foshan
姨媽 > , 阿姨 < , 阿姨 <
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
姨母 > , 姨 <
Foshan (Shunde)
姨媽 > , 阿姨 <
Foshan (Sanshui)
阿姨 > , 阿姨 <
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
阿姨 > , 阿姨 <
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
姨媽 > , 姨仔 <
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
姨母 > , 阿姨 <
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
阿姨
Zhuhai (Doumen)
阿姨 , 姨媽 >
Jiangmen (Baisha)
姨母 > , 阿姨 <
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
阿姨
Taishan
大姨 > , 阿姨 <
Kaiping (Chikan)
阿姨
Enping (Niujiang)
阿姨
Heshan (Yayao)
阿姨
Dongguan
阿姨 , 大姨 > , 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
姨
Shaoguan
姨媽 , 阿姨
Yunfu
阿姨
Yangjiang
大姨 > , 阿姨 <
Xinyi
𡜵奶
Lianjiang
𡜵奶 > , 姨 <
Nanning
姨母 , 阿母 , 阿姨 , 阿娘
Wuzhou
阿姨
Yulin
姨婆娘 , 大姨 , 細姨
Hepu (Lianzhou)
姨婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
姨媽 , 阿姨
Singapore (Guangfu)
阿姨 < , 姨媽 >
Gan
Nanchang
姨 , 姨娘
Lichuan
姨 , 大姨 > , 小姨 <
Pingxiang
姨娘
Hakka
Meixian
阿姨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
阿姨
Dongguan (Qingxi)
大姨 > , 姨仔 <
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
大姨 > , 姨仔 <
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
大姨 , 晚姨 <
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
阿姨
Yudu
姨 , 姨奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
阿姨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
阿姨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
阿姨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
阿姨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
阿姨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
阿姨
Hong Kong
大姨 > , 阿大姨 > , 姨仔 < , 阿姨仔 <
Luchuan (Daqiao)
阿姨
Senai (Huiyang)
阿姨
Singkawang
阿姨
Huizhou
Jixi
姨
Shexian
姨
Huangshan (Tunxi)
姨
Jin
Taiyuan
姨
Xinzhou
姨姨 non-face-to-face , 姨姨啊 face-to-face
Taibus (Baochang)
姨
Linhe
姨姨
Jining
姨
Hohhot
姨姨
Baotou
姨
Dongsheng
姨
Haibowan
姨媽
Northern Min
Jian'ou
嫲仔 , 姨嫲
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
依姨 , 姨
Fuzhou (Changle)
依姨
Fuqing
大姨 > , 姨囝 <
Yongtai
依姨
Gutian
大姨 > , 細姨 <
Fu'an
姨
Ningde
姨
Shouning
姨奶
Zhouning
姨奶 > , 阿姨 <
Fuding
姨奶
Matsu
依姨
Singapore (Fuqing)
姨姨
Southern Min
Xiamen
姨母 > , 阿姨 < , 母姨
Quanzhou
阿姨 , 姨
Zhangzhou
姨母 > , 阿姨 < , 母姨
Kaohsiung
阿姨
Yilan
阿姨
Changhua (Lukang)
阿姨
Taichung
阿姨
Taichung (Wuqi)
阿姨
Tainan
阿姨
Taitung
阿姨
Hsinchu
阿姨
Penghu (Magong)
阿姨
Penang (Hokkien)
阿姨 , 姨
Singapore (Hokkien)
阿姨
Manila (Hokkien)
阿姨
Pingnan (Shangdu)
姨仔 > , 細姨 <
Chaozhou
阿姨
Shantou
阿姨 , 母姨
Shantou (Chenghai)
阿姨
Jieyang
阿姨
Haifeng
姨
Bangkok (Teochew)
阿姨
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
阿姨
Singapore (Teochew)
阿姨
Leizhou
尼姨 , 姨 , 姨囝 , 阿姨 , 阿尼姨
Haikou
姨母 , 阿姨
Puxian Min
Putian
阿姨
Xianyou
阿姨
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
姨母 > , 姨姐 <
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
娘 , 阿娘
Wu
Shanghai
姨媽 , 阿姨
Shanghai (Chongming)
娘姨
Suzhou
娘姨娒娒 > , 阿姨 <
Danyang
姨娘
Hangzhou
姨娘
Ningbo
姨嬤 > , 姨娘 > , 阿姨 <
Wenzhou
阿娘
Jinhua
姨娘
Xiang
Changsha
姨媽 § , 姨子 not §
Loudi
大姨娘 > , 姨唧 <
Shuangfeng
大大娘 > , 姨基 <
Hengyang
姨娘 > , 大娘 > , 姨唧 <
Quanzhou
姨 , 娘娘
Note
§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
姨
(Hyōgai kanji )
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Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 姨 (MC yij ).
Pronunciation
Noun
姨( い ) • (i )
a wife 's sister ; more specifically, a wife's younger sister
a mother 's sister , a maternal aunt
a mistress ( extramarital female lover ) ; more specifically, a father 's mistress
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 姨 – see the following entry.
(This term, 姨 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Korean
Hanja
姨 • (i ) (hangeul 이 , revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)
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Vietnamese
Han character
姨 : Hán Nôm readings: di , dì
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