AUNT  姑媽

FEMALE RELATIVE of a SENIOR GENERATION of WHOM ONE IS NOT a DESCENDANT. 
Hypernym
  • FEMALEGENDER OF AN ANIMAL OR ANIMAL TYPICALLY ABLE to BIRTH:bear CHILDREN.
    • GENDERFEATURE of being MALE OR FEMALE.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • UNCLEMALE RELATIVE of the EARLIER GENERATION.
    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    HUMAN AFFAIRS 13. 婆婆。

    姑，因姑舅表婚制而成婆婆，為通稱。

    威，對婆婆的專稱，多與 “ 姑 ” 連用。

    姥，漢時始見的俗稱。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    姑母

    姑

    姑姑

    姑媽

    姑娘

    姑兒

    姨母

    姨

    姨兒

    姨媽

    阿姨

    姨娘

    從母

    舅母

    舅媽

    舅娘

    妗子

    妗母

    妗

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      嫂  sǎo OC: suuʔ MC: sɑu 3 Attributions

      Sǎo 嫂 refers to the elder brother's wife.

        Syntactic words
      • nelder brother's wife
      姑  gū OC: kaa MC: kuo̝ 2 Attributions

        Syntactic words
      • ntaunt
      姑姊妹  gū zǐ mèi OC: kaa tsiʔ mɯɯds MC: kuo̝ tsi muo̝i 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPtpaternal aunts
      姨  yí OC: li MC: ji 1 Attribution

      Yí 姨 refers to the mother's sisters.

        Syntactic words
      • nmother's sister
      從妹  cóng mèi OC: dzoŋ mɯɯds MC: dzi̯oŋ muo̝i 0 Attributions

      Cóng mèi 從妹 refers to daughters of the father's brothers which are younger than a person refering to them.

        Syntactic words

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: