姐姐

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Chinese

older sister older sister
trad. (姐姐) 姐 姐
simp. #(姐姐) 姐 姐

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ze4 ze1 - for all instances;
  • ze1 ze1 - female servant/domestic helper.

Noun

姐姐

  1. elder sister; big sister (Classifier: 個／个; 位)
    我昨天晚上給姐姐打電話了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我昨天晚上给姐姐打电话了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshàng gěi jiějiě dǎ diànhuà le.
    I phoned my sister last night.
  2. Term of address for a female not much older than oneself.
  3. (archaic) female servant
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) female domestic helper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 姊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姐姐
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 姐姐, 姐
Taiwan 姐姐
Ulanhot 大姐
Tongliao 大姐
Chifeng 姐姐
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 大姐
Harbin 姐姐
Shenyang 姐姐
Malaysia 姐姐
Singapore 姐姐
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 姐姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 姐
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 姐
Wanrong 姐
Zhengzhou 姐
Xi'an 姐
Xining 姐姐, 姐
Xuzhou 姐姐
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 姐姐
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 姐姐
Bayanhot 姐姐
Lanzhou 姐姐
Ürümqi 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 姐姐, 姐
Wuhan 姐姐
Guiyang 姐
Kunming 姐姐
Liuzhou 姐, 阿姐
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 姐姐
Yangzhou 姐姐
Nantong 姐姐
Hefei 姐姐
Huanggang 姐
Cantonese Guangzhou 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊
Hong Kong 家姐, 姐姐
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大姊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 家姐
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿姐
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿姐
Macau 家姐
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿家 ><, 家姐 <>
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Foshan 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 大姊
Foshan (Shunde) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Sanshui) 家姐 ><, 大姐 <>
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姐 ><
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿家 ><, 大姊 <>
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿姐
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姐
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姐
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姐
Taishan 阿姊
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姐
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姊
Heshan (Yayao) 阿家
Dongguan 家姐 ><, 大姊 <>
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 大姊, 姊 ><
Shaoguan 家姐, 阿姐
Yunfu 阿姐, 大姐
Yangjiang 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐
Xinyi 阿𡜵, 大𡜵
Lianjiang 大姊, 姐姐
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿姐
Hepu (Shatian) 阿姐
Beihai 姐姐
Beihai (Nankang) 大姐
Beihai (Yingpan) 阿姐
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 阿姐
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 家姐
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 大姐
Danzhou 姊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 家姐
Singapore (Guangfu) 家姐
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 家姐
Móng Cái 阿姐
Gan Nanchang 姐姐, 姐
Lichuan 霞姊
Pingxiang 姐姐
Hakka Meixian 阿姊
Xingning 阿姊
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿姐
Huiyang 阿姊
Huidong (Daling) 阿姊
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姐
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姐
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姐
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿姐
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿姐
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿姐
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿姐
Wuhua (Meilin) 阿姐
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿姊
Wengyuan 阿姊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 姊姊
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姊
Liannan 阿姊
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姊
Jiexi 阿姊
Luhe 阿姊
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿姊
Changting 姊姊, 姊里
Wuping 老姊
Wuping (Yanqian) 阿姊
Wuping (Pingyu) 姊
Liancheng 嫫姐
Ninghua 姊姊
Yudu 姊姊
Ningdu 姊姊
Ruijin 姐姐
Shicheng 姊姊
Shangyou (Shexi) 姊姊
Tonggu (Sandu) 姊姊
Ganzhou (Panlong) 大姊
Dayu 姊佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姊
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姊
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姊
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姊
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姊
Hong Kong 阿姐
Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿姊
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿姊
Xinyi (Sihe) 大姊
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿姊
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿姊
Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿姊
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿姊
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿姊
Mengshan (Xihe) 姐
Luchuan 姊
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿姊
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姊
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿姊
Singkawang 阿姊
Huizhou Jixi 姐姐, 姐
Shexian 姐姐
Huangshan (Tunxi) 姐兒
Xiuning 阿姐
Yixian 姐姐
Qimen 姐兒
Wuyuan 姐, 姐姐
Fuliang 姐, 姐姐
Dexing 姊
Jin Taiyuan 姐姐
Pingyao 大大
Xinzhou 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐
Taibus (Baochang) 姐姐
Linhe 姐姐
Jining 姐姐
Hohhot 姐姐
Baotou 姐姐
Dongsheng 姐姐
Haibowan 姐姐
Northern Min Jian'ou 姊仔, 姊姊
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿姊
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿姊
Jianyang 姊仔
Wuyishan 姊仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 阿姊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姐
Fuzhou (Changle) 依姐
Fuqing 阿姊
Yongtai 依姐
Gutian 姐
Fu'an 姊哥
Ningde 姊
Shouning 阿姊
Zhouning 阿姊
Fuding 阿姊
Matsu 依姐
Southern Min Xiamen 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔
Quanzhou 阿姊, 姊
Jinjiang 阿姊
Yongchun 阿姊, 大姊
Dehua 阿姊
Zhangzhou 阿姊
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 大姊
Zhangpu 阿姊
Zhao'an 姊
Taipei 阿姊
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿姊
Kaohsiung 阿姊
Yilan 阿姊
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姊
Taichung 阿姊
Tainan 阿姊
Hsinchu 阿姊
Kinmen 俺姊
Penghu (Magong) 阿姊
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姊, 姊, 姊姊
Singapore (Hokkien) 大姊, 阿姊
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姊
Zhangping 姐
Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺姐
Datian 阿姐
Chaozhou 阿姐
Shantou 姐
Shantou (Chaoyang) 阿姐
Jieyang 阿姐
Haifeng 姐姐
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姐
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姐
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姐
Leizhou 尼姊 <>, 姊 ><
Wenchang 姐, 大姊, 阿姐
Haikou 阿姐, 大姊
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿姐
Puxian Min Putian 阿姊
Xianyou 阿咍, 阿姊
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 家 ><, 大姐 <>
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姐, 千金小 euphemistic
Shehua Fu'an 阿姊
Fuding 阿姊
Luoyuan 阿姊
Sanming 阿姊
Shunchang 阿姊
Hua'an 阿姊
Guixi (Zhangping) 阿姊
Cangnan 姊
Jingning (Hexi) 阿姊
Lishui 姊
Longyou 阿姊
Chaozhou 阿姊
Fengshun 阿姊
Wu Shanghai 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿姐, 姐姐
Suzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
Wuxi 阿姊, 姐姐
Danyang 姐姐
Hangzhou 阿姐, 姐姐
Ningbo 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊
Wenzhou 阿姹, 阿姐
Jinhua 姊姊兒, 姊姊
Xiang Changsha 姐姐
Loudi 姐姐, 姊姊
Shuangfeng 姐姐
Hengyang 姐姐
Note >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

Coordinate terms

  • 妹妹 (mèimei, “younger sister”)
  • 哥哥 (gēge, “elder brother”)
  • 弟弟 (dìdi, “younger brother”)

Derived terms

  • 姐妹 (jiěmèi, “elder sister and younger sister; sisters”)

See also

Proper noun

姐姐

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) Regina Ip

Coordinate terms

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