# 阿姨 (āyí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 阿姨 (āyí) means “aunt; nanny”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: aunt; nanny
- Pinyin: āyí (a1 yi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 阿姨给我们带来了好吃的蛋糕。
  Āyí gěi wǒmen dàiláile hǎochī de dàngāo.
  My aunt brought us delicious cakes.

## Characters

- 阿 (ā): prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to 
- [姨](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-maternal-aunt/) (yí): maternal aunt; mother's sister

https://hanziro.com/word/a-yi-aunt/

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