姐姐

Mandarin · pinyin jiě jie

Meanings

  1. older sister
  2. Classifier: 個 gè
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姐
jiě · elder sister, young lady
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3–5 · jie3 jie5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ze2 ze2 · ze4 ze1

Cantonese word readings for 姐姐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ze2 ze2

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noun

  1. elder sister; big sister (Classifier: 個/个; 位)
  2. Term of address for a female not much older than oneself.
  3. (archaic) female servant
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) female domestic helper

name

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) Regina Ip

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