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Older sister in Chinese: 姐姐 (jiě jie)

jiě jie

older sister

HSK 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1older sister

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄝˇ

jiě

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

˙ㄐㄧㄝ

jie

˙/ neutral toneㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ ê

Example sentences

See 姐姐 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 学学你姐姐。

    xué xué nǐ jiě jie。

    Follow your sister's example.

  • 你的姐姐呢？

    nǐ de jiě jie ne？

    Where did your sister just go?

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Related words

姐

jiě

older sister

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

大姐

dà jiě

big sister

姐妹

jiě mèi

sisters

近

jìn

near

进

jìn

to go forward

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

咖啡

kā fēi

coffee (loanword)

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

考试

kǎo shì

to take an exam

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

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