姊妹

See also: 姉妹 and 姐妹

Chinese
older sister younger sister
trad. (姊妹) 姊 妹
simp. #(姊妹) 姊 妹

Pronunciation

Noun

姊妹

  1. elder sister and younger sister; sisters
  2. sister (close female friend)
  3. sister (fellow female member of a religion) (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 位 m c)
  4. (literary or dialectal) brothers and sisters
  5. (dialectal) younger sister
  6. (Cantonese) bridesmaid

Usage notes
  • 姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”) and 妹妹 (mèimei, “younger sister”) are the usual nouns for referring to one's sister.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姐妹 (“sisters”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姐妹, 姊妹
Mandarin Beijing 姐兒
Taiwan 姐妹
Jinan 姊妹
Xi'an 姊妹
Wuhan 姊妹
Chengdu 姊妹
Guilin 姊妹
Yangzhou 姊妹
Hefei 姊妹
Singapore 姐妹
Cantonese Guangzhou 姊妹
Hong Kong 姊妹
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 姊妹
Macau 姊妹
Guangzhou (Panyu) 姊妹
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 姐妹
Guangzhou (Conghua) 姊妹
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 姊妹
Foshan 姊妹
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 姊妹
Foshan (Shunde) 姊妹
Foshan (Sanshui) 姊妹
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 姊妹
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 姊妹
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 姊妹
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 姐妹
Zhuhai (Doumen) 姊妹
Jiangmen (Baisha) 姊妹
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 姊妹
Taishan 姊妹
Kaiping (Chikan) 姊妹
Enping (Niujiang) 姊妹
Heshan (Yayao) 姊妹
Dongguan 姊妹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 姊妹
Yangjiang 姊妹
Singapore (Guangfu) 姊妹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 姊妹
Gan Nanchang 姊妹
Hakka Meixian 姊妹
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 姊妹
Dongguan (Qingxi) 姊妹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 姊妹
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 姊妹
Conghua (Lütian) 姊妹
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 姊妹
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 姊妹
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 姊妹
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 姊妹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 姊妹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 姊妹
Jin Taiyuan 姊妹
Min Bei Jian'ou 姊妹
Min Dong Fuzhou 姐妹
Min Nan Xiamen 姊妹, 姊妹仔
Quanzhou 姊妹, 姊妹仔
Zhangzhou 姊妹, 姊妹仔
Taipei 姊妹
New Taipei (Sanxia) 姊妹
Kaohsiung 姊妹
Yilan 姊妹
Changhua (Lukang) 姊妹
Taichung 姊妹
Tainan 姊妹
Hsinchu 姊妹仔
Kinmen 姊妹
Penghu (Magong) 姊妹
Singapore (Hokkien) 姊妹
Chaozhou 姊妹, 姐妹
Wenchang 姊妹
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 姊妹
Wu Shanghai 姊妹
Suzhou 姊妹
Ningbo 姊妹
Wenzhou 姊妹
Xiang Changsha 姊妹
Shuangfeng 姊妹
Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 妹, 女弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 妹妹
Mandarin Beijing 妹妹
Taiwan 妹妹
Ulanhot 老妹兒
Tongliao 老妹兒
Chifeng 妹妹
Bayanhot 妹妹
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 老妹兒
Harbin 妹妹, 妹子
Shenyang 妹妹
Yantai (Muping) 妹
Jinan 妹妹
Luoyang 妹
Wanrong 妹子
Zhengzhou 妹妹
Xi'an 妹子, 妹妹
Yinchuan 妹妹
Lanzhou 妹妹
Xining 妹子
Ürümqi 妹妹
Wuhan 妹妹
Huanggang 妹兒
Chengdu 妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
Guiyang 妹
Kunming 妹子, 妹妹
Liuzhou 妹子, 妹, 老妹
Xuzhou 妹妹
Yangzhou 妹妹
Nanjing 妹妹, 妹子
Hefei 妹妹
Nantong 妹子, 妹妹
Malaysia 妹妹
Singapore 妹妹
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 妹妹
Cantonese Guangzhou 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Hong Kong 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿妹
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 妹
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿妹
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿妹
Macau 妹
Guangzhou (Panyu) 細妹, 阿妹
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 妹
Guangzhou (Conghua) 妹
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿妹
Foshan 細妹, 妹
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿妹
Foshan (Shunde) 妹
Foshan (Sanshui) 妹
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 妹子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 妹
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 妹
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿妹
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿妹
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿妹
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿妹
Taishan 阿妹
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿妹
Enping (Niujiang) 阿妹
Heshan (Yayao) 妹
Dongguan 妹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 妹
Shaoguan 阿妹
Yunfu 阿妹
Yangjiang 小妹
Xinyi 老妹
Lianjiang 老妹, 阿妹
Danzhou 老姑
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿妹
Singapore (Guangfu) 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 細妹
Gan Nanchang 妹子
Lichuan 妹
Pingxiang 老妹, 妹老子
Hakka Meixian 老妹, 老妹仔
Xingning 老妹
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老妹
Huiyang 老妹
Huidong (Daling) 老妹
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老妹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老妹
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老妹
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老妹
Wuhua (Huacheng) 老妹
Wuhua (Changbu) 老妹
Wuhua (Mianyang) 老妹
Wuhua (Meilin) 老妹
Heyuan (Bendihua) 老妹
Wengyuan 老妹
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 老妹
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 老妹
Liannan 老妹
Conghua (Lütian) 老妹
Jiexi 老妹
Luhe 老妹
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿妹
Changting 老妹
Wuping 老妹
Wuping (Yanqian) 老妹子
Wuping (Pingyu) 老妹
Liancheng 老妹
Ninghua 老妹
Yudu 妹子
Ningdu 妹
Ruijin 老妹
Shicheng 老妹, 妹
Shangyou (Shexi) 老妹
Tonggu (Sandu) 老妹
Ganzhou (Panlong) 老妹
Dayu 妹佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老妹
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 老妹
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 老妹
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 老妹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 老妹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿妹
Hong Kong 老妹
Yangxi (Tangkou) 老妹
Yangchun (Sanjia) 老妹
Xinyi (Sihe) 老妹
Xinyi (Qianpai) 老妹
Gaozhou (Xindong) 老妹
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 老妹
Huazhou (Xin'an) 老妹
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 老妹
Lianjiang (Qingping) 老妹
Mengshan (Xihe) 老妹
Luchuan 老妹
Sabah (Bao'an) 老妹
Sabah (Longchuan) 老妹
Senai (Huiyang) 老妹
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 老妹
Singkawang 阿妹, 老妹
Huizhou Jixi 妹
Shexian 妹妹, 女妹
Tunxi 令妹兒
Xiuning 令妹, 令妹兒
Yixian 奶妹兒
Qimen 妹吶
Wuyuan 女妹仂, 女妹, 妹
Fuliang 小妹, 妹哩
Dexing 妹子
Jin Taiyuan 妹妹
Pingyao 妹妹, 妹子
Xinzhou 姊妹
Taibus (Baochang) 妹妹
Linhe 妹妹
Jining 妹妹
Hohhot 妹妹
Baotou 妹妹
Dongsheng 妹妹
Haibowan 妹妹
Min Bei Jian'ou 妹仔
Jian'ou (Dikou) 妹仔
Songxi 妹仔
Zhenghe 妹
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 妹
Jianyang 妹仔
Wuyishan 妹仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 妹仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 依妹, 妹
Changle 依妹
Fuqing 阿妹
Yongtai 依妹
Gutian 妹
Fu'an 妹
Ningde 妹
Shouning 姊妹
Zhouning 阿妹
Fuding 阿妹
Matsu 依妹
Min Nan Xiamen 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Quanzhou 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Zhangzhou 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Zhao'an 細妹子
Taipei 小妹
New Taipei (Sanxia) 小妹
Kaohsiung 小妹
Tainan 小妹
Kinmen 小妹
Penghu (Magong) 小妹
Penang (Hokkien) 小妹
Singapore (Hokkien) 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Manila (Hokkien) 小妹
Chaozhou 阿妹
Shantou 妹
Jieyang 阿妹
Haifeng 妹, 妹妹, 阿妹
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿妹
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿妹
Singapore (Teochew) 阿妹
Leizhou 尼妹, 妹
Wenchang 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
Haikou 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
Puxian Min Putian 阿妹
Xianyou 阿妹, 小妹
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 妹
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 妹
Shehua Fu'an 妹
Fuding 阿妹
Luoyuan 妹
Sanming 妹
Shunchang 阿妹
Hua'an 妹
Guixi (Zhangping) 妹
Cangnan 妹
Jingning 妹
Lishui 妹
Longyou 妹
Chaozhou 妹
Fengshun 妹
Wu Shanghai 阿妹, 妹妹, 姊妹
Shanghai (Chongming) 姊妹
Suzhou 妹子, 妹妹
Wuxi 妹子, 妹妹
Danyang 妹子
Hangzhou 阿妹, 妹妹
Ningbo 阿妹, 妹妹
Wenzhou 阿妹
Jinhua 妹, 妹妹
Xiang Changsha 老妹, 妹妹
Xiangtan 老妹
Loudi 妹妹
Shuangfeng 妹妹
Dialectal synonyms of 伴娘 (“bridesmaid”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 伴娘
Mandarin Taiwan 伴娘
Jinan 女儐相
Xining 女儐相
Yangzhou 伴娘
Nanjing 伴媽, 伴娘
Cantonese Guangzhou 姊妹
Hong Kong 伴娘, 姊妹
Dongguan 伴娘, 陪嫁娘
Gan Nanchang 伴娘
Jin Taiyuan 伴娘
Min Bei Jian'ou 伴嫁奶
Min Dong Fuzhou 新人伴
Min Nan Xiamen 新娘伴, 新娘替, 伴嫁
Quanzhou 新儂伴, 新儂替
Zhangzhou 新娘伴
Taipei 送嫁, 新娘牚
New Taipei (Sanxia) 伴嫁
Kaohsiung 伴嫁
Yilan 伴娘
Changhua (Lukang) 伴行
Taichung 伴嫁
Tainan 伴嫁
Hsinchu 伴嫁
Kinmen 伴嫁
Penghu (Magong) 伴嫁
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 伴郎妹
Wu Shanghai 伴娘, 伴姑娘, 喜娘
Jinhua 陪堂姑娘
Xiang Changsha 伴媽, 伴婆

Derived terms
Derived terms from 姊妹
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