姨 yí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
姨
yí
aunt
Character
Example phrases
- 我姨退休后搬到海边，生活节奏比以前慢了很多。 Wǒ yí tuìxiū hòu bān dào hǎibiān, shēnghuó jiézòu bǐ yǐqián màn le hěn duō. My aunt moved to the seaside after retiring, and her pace of life became much slower than before.
- 我姨做的饺子特别好吃，每次去都让我多吃点。 Wǒ yí zuò de jiǎozi tèbié hǎochī, měi cì qù dōu ràng wǒ duō chī diǎn. My aunt's dumplings are especially delicious, and every time I visit she tells me to eat more.
- 小时候，我常常跟着姨去菜市场买菜。 Xiǎoshíhou, wǒ chángcháng gēnzhe yí qù càishìchǎng mǎi cài. As a child, I often went with my aunt to the market to buy vegetables.