| 阿 |
ā yí | maternal aunt / term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation / childcare worker; nanny / domestic worker |
| 阿 |
ā | prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan" |
| 阿 |
ē | (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 姨 |
yí | mother's sister / aunt |