姐 (ze2 | jie3) : elder sister; young women

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姐

ze2

jie3

[1] elder sister; elder female cousin
[2] general term for young women

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

姐

This word has been viewed 21763 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2014 10:44

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姐姐 ze2*4 ze2*1 jie3 jie5 = elder sister

姐妹 ze2 mui6*2 jie3 mei4 = sisters

小姐 siu2 ze2 xiao3 jie3 = miss, young lady

表姐 biu2 ze2 biao3 jie3 = older female cousin

家姐 gaa1 ze2*1 = elder sister 粵

姑姐 gu1 ze2*1 = aunt (father's younger sister) 粵

師姐 si1 ze2 shi1 jie3 = senior female fellow student

兄弟姐妹 hing1 dai6 ze2 mui6 xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4 = variant of 兄弟姊妹

港姐 gong2 ze2 gang3 jie3 = Miss Hong Kong

姐夫 ze2 fu1 jie3 fu5 = (informal) older sister's husband
See all 44 compounds (CantoDict reports 46 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 姐

小姐，唔該借借。粵
Excuse me, Miss.
[For asking her to move, rather than trying to attract attention]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 姐
Unicode code for this character: U+59d0 (off-site link)

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