Chinese symbol for “aunt”
舅妈
jiù mā
Traditional: 舅媽
(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aunt is 舅妈 (jiù mā), defined as: (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aunt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大姨 | dà yí | aunt (mother's eldest sister); (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) |
| 叔母 | shū mǔ | aunt; wife of father's younger brother |
| 婶婶 (嬸嬸) | shěn shen | wife of father's younger brother; aunt |
| 婶子 (嬸子) | shěn zi | (coll.) wife of father's younger brother; aunt |
| 大妈 (大媽) | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舅妈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舅舅 | jiù jiu | mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) |
| 舅父 | jiù fù | mother's brother; maternal uncle |
| 舅母 | jiù mǔ | wife of mother's brother; aunt |
| 小舅子 | xiǎo jiù zi | (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 国舅 (國舅) | guó jiù | brother of the emperor's wife or consort |
| 妈妈 (媽媽) | mā ma | mama; mommy |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 大妈 (大媽) | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aunt”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.