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嬸嬸

简婶婶 · 繁嬸嬸

Mandarin · pinyin shěn shen

wife of father's younger brother; aunt

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3–5 · shen3 shen5

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noun

(colloquial) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
(archaic) co-sister-in-law (wife of husband's younger brother)
(colloquial) married woman of the same generation as but younger than one's mother

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