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When they aren’t home they can see if the ayi is doing what she is paid to do.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Watching the maid in Shanghai 2006

And, if all goes according to plan, we will be able to visit with the woman who was the head "ayi" (nanny) when she lived there, and who brought PunditGirl (then known by her Chinese name that translates as

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joanne Bamberger 2010

She had been the closest friend of Yanmings mother, and when the unfortunate woman had died of a broken heart brought on by her husbands brutality, Lao Wang had gladly become the childs ayi, or nanny, filling the gap that had suddenly and so cruelly emerged in his life.

The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008

The ayi wheeled their beds into the main playroom, so they could join everyone else.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007

For the most part, where adopted children live remained a mystery to the ayi.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007

The day passed in three shifts of ayi -- or aunties, the common term for a caregiver -- with one ayi for every two children at any given time.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007

Two toddlers with inoperable heart defects sat on the laps of the ayi.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007

The ayi kept a special quarantine room with restricted access to minimize infections, but when the humidity got bad enough, that wasn't sufficient.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007

Across from Bao Bao and his ayi, 1-month-old Xiao Cong curled up quietly against the breast of his caretaker.

Faces of the Abandoned 2007