(jiě jie) - older sister in Mandarin
jiějieTraditional: 姐姐
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Translation
older sister
Word origin
姐姐 means 'older sister'; it reduplicates 姐 (jiě). 姐 is a phono-semantic compound of 女 (the woman radical) and 且 (qiě) as phonetic. Reduplication is the common pattern for kinship terms.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 姐 (jiě: 女 woman radical + 且 phonetic), reduplicated
Stroke order
姐
姐
Examples
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My older sister is a doctor.
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She has two older sisters.
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My older sister lives in Shanghai.
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My elder sister is three years older than me.
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My elder sister just had a baby.
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