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姐

jiě

HSK 1 Character

What 姐 means

1. older sister

Example sentences

• 学学你姐姐。
  Follow the example of your sister.
• 我没有姐妹。
  I don't have any sisters.
• 安没有姐妹。
  Ann doesn't have any sisters.
• 你的姐姐呢？
  Where did your sister just go?
• 我想见你姐姐。
  I'd like to see your sister.
• 他有三个姐姐。
  He has three elder sisters.

Words starting with 姐

• 姐姐jiě jieolder sister
• 姐妹jiě mèisisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
• 姐夫jiě fu(colloquial) older sister's husband
• 姐们jiě men(colloquial) close female friend; sis (between female friends)
• 姐们儿jiě men rerhua form of 姐们
• 姐妹花jiě mèi huābeautiful sisters
• 姐丈jiě zhàngolder sister's husband; brother-in-law
• 姐弟恋jiě dì liànlove between an older woman and a younger man
• 姐俩jiě liǎ(colloquial) two sisters; two close female friends

Words containing 姐

• 小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
• 大姐dà jiěbig sister; elder sister; older sister…
• 表姐biǎo jiěolder female cousin through a female relative
• 大小姐dà xiǎo jieeldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter…
• 空中小姐kōng zhōng xiǎo jiěstewardess; air hostess
• 堂姐táng jiěolder female patrilineal cousin
• 学姐xué jiěsenior or older female schoolmate
• 家姐jiā jiě(polite) my older sister
• 师姐shī jiěsenior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
• 的姐dī jiěfemale taxi driver
• 继姐jì jiěolder stepsister
• 堂姐夫táng jiě fuhusband of older female cousin via male line
• 大姐大dà jiě dàfemale gang leader; the top woman in her field; doyenne; matriarch
• 大姐头dà jiě tóu(Taiwan) female gang leader; female boss; big sister
• 小姐姐xiǎo jiě jielittle girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate)…
• 小孩姐xiǎo hái jiě(slang) young girl who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond her age
• 花大姐huā dà jiěcommon word for ladybug, more formally 瓢虫
• 表姐夫biǎo jiě fuhusband of older female cousin via female line
• 坐台小姐zuò tái xiǎo jiěbar girl; professional escort
• 援交小姐yuán jiāo xiǎo jiegirl who engages in enjo-kōsai; see also 援助交际
• 世界小姐选美Shì jiè Xiǎo jie Xuǎn měiMiss World Beauty Pageant
• 表姐妹biǎo jiě mèifemale cousin through a female relative
• 兄弟姐妹xiōng dì jiě mèibrothers and sisters; siblings
• 继兄弟姐妹jì xiōng dì jiě mèistep-siblings

Characters that look like 姐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 妞niūgirl
• 妲Dáfemale personal name (archaic)

Sounds the same

Read jiě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 解to divide; to break up; to split
• 毑mother
• 觧variant of 解