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姐姐

jiě jie

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 个

姐姐 (jiě jie) means "older sister". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 姐姐 means

1. older sister

The characters in 姐姐

• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姐jiěolder sister

Example sentences

• 学学你姐姐。
  Follow the example of your sister.
• 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.
• 她是我的姐姐。
  She's my older sister.
• 我有两个姐姐。
  I have two older sisters.

Words containing 姐姐

• 小姐姐xiǎo jiě jielittle girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate)…

Where 姐姐 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Members (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiě jie correctly.
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