大姨

大

dà

姨

yí

aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)

Characters and words in 大姨

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

姨

yí = y + Ø2

mother's sister / aunt

姨 = 夷 + 女 : Maud Younger's (y) aunt (姨) and her boyfriend are visiting Bessie Coleman (女) and Maud in the space station. As they enter (Ø2), Maud and Bessie find out that Maud's aunt's new boyfriend is one of the barbarians (夷) who tried to enter the space station a while ago.