姐

Older sister in Chinese: 姐 (jiě)

jiě

older sister

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1older sister

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姐

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄐㄧㄝˇ

jiě

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我姐比我大三岁。

    wǒ jiě bǐ wǒ dà sān suì。

    My older sister is three years older than me.

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Related words

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

姐姐

jiě jie

older sister

大姐

dà jiě

big sister

姐妹

jiě mèi

sisters

今年

jīn nián

this year

进来

jìn lái

to come in

进去

jìn qù

to go in

开车

kāi chē

to drive a car

开会

kāi huì

to hold a meeting

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor

看到

kàn dào

to see

考

kǎo

to beat

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