婶子 (shěnzi): auntie (wife of father's younge…

Meanings

1 auntie (wife of father's younger brother)
2 (colloquial) auntie (respectful address for a middle-aged woman)

Characters

婶

Examples

婶子，我过来看您了。

Shěnzi, wǒ guòlái kàn nín le.

Auntie, I came over to see you.

隔壁王婶子的儿子考上了大学。

Gébì Wáng Shěnzi de érzi kǎo shàng le dàxué.

Auntie Wang next door's son got into university.

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婶子 is the -子 suffixed everyday form of 婶 (father's younger brother's wife). In rural northern speech it expands to any middle-aged married woman, like 大娘 but for a slightly younger bracket. More formal: 婶婶 (shěnshen) or 婶母 (shěnmǔ).