姐
妹

Sisters in Chinese: 姐妹 (jiě mèi)

jiě mèi

sisters

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1sisters
  2. 2siblings
  3. 3sister (school, city etc)

Stroke order

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姐
妹

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄝˇ

jiě

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄇㄟˋ

mèi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 她们两个是亲姐妹。

    tā men liǎng gè shì qīn jiě mèi。

    The two of them are real sisters.

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Related words

姐

jiě

older sister

妹

mèi

younger sister

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

姐姐

jiě jie

older sister

妹妹

mèi mei

younger sister

大姐

dà jiě

big sister

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