大
姐

Big sister in Chinese: 大姐 (dà jiě)

dà jiě

big sister

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Definitions

  1. 1big sister
  2. 2elder sister
  3. 3older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

Stroke order

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大
姐

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄝˇ

jiě

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我大姐已经结婚了。

    wǒ dà jiě yǐ jīng jié hūn le。

    My eldest sister is already married.

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Related words

大

dà

big

姐

jiě

older sister

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

大家

dà jiā

everyone

姐姐

jiě jie

older sister

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

大型

dà xíng

large

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