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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
大姨妈
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)
02
(coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 大姨妈 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 大姨妈.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大姨妈.
Directly before
- 的大姨妈2
- 我大姨妈1
Directly after
- 大姨妈来3
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 大姨妈
What does 大姨妈 mean in Chinese?
大姨妈 (dàyímā) means mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother).
How do you pronounce 大姨妈?
大姨妈 is pronounced dàyímā.
Is 大姨妈 an HSK word?
大姨妈 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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