姐姐

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Note:
  • ze4 ze1 - for all instances;
  • ze1 ze1 - female servant/domestic helper.
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: jia3 jia
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕia²¹³⁻²¹ t͡ɕia¹/
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: jie2 jie2-1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³ t͡ɕie⁵³⁻¹¹/
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wugniu: 5cia-cia
      • Wiktionary Romanisation: 2jia-jia
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕia³³ t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: zie3 zie / zia3 zia
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /t͡sɪ̯e̞⁴¹ t͡sɪ̯e̞³/, /t͡sɪ̯a̠⁴¹ t͡sɪ̯a̠³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡ɕɪ̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕɪ̯e̞³/, /t͡ɕɪ̯a̠⁴¹ t͡ɕɪ̯a̠³/
    • (Loudi)
      • Wiktionary: zio3 zio
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪ̯ɔ⁴² t͡sɪ̯ɔ³/
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: jia3 jia
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪ̯ä³³ t͡ɕɪ̯ä³/

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. [Pinyin]
    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

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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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