How to write 姨

姨 [yí] 名词 1. A term for one's mother's sister (aunt). 例: ～母 (mother's sister), ～妈 (aunt), ～父 (mother's brother). 2. A term for one's wife's sister. 例: 大～子 (older sister's husband), 小～子 (younger sister's husband). 3. Concubine or secondary wife. 例: ～太太 (concubine). 本义: 妻子的姐妹 (The original meaning: wife's sister) 造字法: 形声。从女，夷声 (Character formation: phonetic and semantic components - from 女 (woman), with the sound 夷). 引文: 1. 《说文》: 姨，妻之女弟同出为姨 (Aunt, refers to a wife's sister). 2. 《尔雅》: 妻之姊妹同出为姨 (Aunt refers to wife's sisters collectively). 3. 《左传·庄公十年》: 蔡哀侯曰吾姨也 (Cai Ai Hou said she is my aunt). 4. 《诗·卫风·硕人》: 东宫之妹，邢侯之姨 (The sister of the Eastern Palace, the aunt of Lord Xing). 毛传:"妻之姊妹曰姨" (The commentary stating that wife's sister is called aunt). 5. 晋·潘安《寡妇赋》: 其妻又吾姨也 (His wife is also my aunt). 例句: 又如: 姨夫 (husband of wife's sister; in some contexts refers to two men sharing a prostitute, calling each other 姨夫). 2. 母之姊妹 (Mother's sister; aunt) 引文: 1. 《左传》: 继室以其侄，穆姜之姨子也 (The stepmother is the niece of Mu Jiang). 孔颖达疏: "According to father’s reference, it is called 姨, while according to the son’s perspective, it should be called 从母; however, the son follows the father’s terms and also refers to her as 姨." 例句: 又如: 姨丈人 (husband of mother's sister), 姨弟 (younger cousin from mother’s side). 3. 父亲的小老婆;庶母 (Father’s concubine; secondary wife) 引文: 1. 《释名》: 母之姊妹曰姨 (Mother's sister is called aunt). 2. 翟灏《通俗篇》: 其父之侧庶，亦称姨者 (The father's secondary wife is also referred to as 姨; originally, it referred to sisters who shared a husband). 例句: 又如: 姨姨 (term for father's concubine; can also refer to a favored prostitute), 姨夫钱 (money that can be borrowed and used again).