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大姨妈

dà yí mādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-5b48be806d8f6964. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大姨媽 大姨妈 [da4 yi2 ma1] /mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)/(coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)/

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Other forms in these source records: 大姨媽

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 姨
    yí

    mother's sister / aunt

  • 妈
    mā

    ma / mom / mother

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