姊妹
See also: 姉妹 and 姐妹
Chinese
| older sister | younger sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (姊妹) | 姊 | 妹 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
姊妹
- elder sister and younger sister; sisters
- sister (close female friend)
- sister (fellow female member of a religion) (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 位 m c)
- (literary or dialectal) brothers and sisters
- (dialectal) younger sister
Usage notes
- 姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”) and 妹妹 (mèimei, “younger sister”) are the usual nouns for referring to one's sister.
Synonyms
- (sisters): 姐妹 (jiěmèi), (Min Nan) 姊妹仔
| Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 妹, 女弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妹妹 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 妹妹 |
| Taiwan | 妹妹 | |
| Harbin | 妹妹, 妹子 | |
| Shenyang | 妹妹 | |
| Hailar | 老妹兒 | |
| Ulan Hot | 老妹兒 | |
| Tongliao | 老妹兒 | |
| Chifeng | 妹妹 | |
| Bayanhot | 妹妹 | |
| Jinan | 妹妹 | |
| Muping | 妹 | |
| Luoyang | 妹 | |
| Wanrong | 妹子 | |
| Xi'an | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Zhengzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Xining | 妹子 | |
| Xuzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Yinchuan | 妹妹 | |
| Lanzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Ürümqi | 妹妹 | |
| Wuhan | 妹妹 | |
| Huanggang | 妹兒 | |
| Chengdu | 妹兒, 妹妹, 妹 | |
| Guiyang | 妹 | |
| Liuzhou | 妹子, 妹, 老妹 | |
| Kunming | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Yangzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Nanjing | 妹妹, 妹子 | |
| Hefei | 妹妹 | |
| Nantong | 妹子, 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 | |
| Foshan | 細妹, 妹 | |
| Shunde | 妹 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 妹 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 阿妹 | |
| Doumen | 阿妹 | |
| Taishan | 阿妹 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿妹 | |
| Dongguan | 妹 | |
| Shaoguan | 阿妹 | |
| Yunfu | 阿妹 | |
| Yangjiang | 小妹 | |
| Xinyi | 老妹 | |
| Lianjiang | 老妹, 阿妹 | |
| Danzhou | 老姑 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 阿妹 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 細妹 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 妹子 |
| Lichuan | 妹 | |
| Pingxiang | 老妹, 妹老子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老妹, 老妹仔 |
| Xingning | 老妹 | |
| Huidong | 老妹 | |
| Qujiang | 老妹 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 老妹 | |
| Changting | 老妹 | |
| Pingyu | 老妹 | |
| Wuping | 老妹 | |
| Liancheng | 老妹 | |
| Ninghua | 老妹 | |
| Yudu | 妹子 | |
| Ruijin | 老妹 | |
| Shicheng | 老妹, 妹 | |
| Shangyou | 老妹 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老妹 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 老妹 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 老妹 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 老妹 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 老妹 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿妹 | |
| Hong Kong | 老妹 | |
| Sabah (Bao'an) | 老妹 | |
| Senai | 老妹 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 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 | |
| Baochang | 妹妹 | |
| Jining | 妹妹 | |
| Hohhot | 妹妹 | |
| Baotou | 妹妹 | |
| Dongsheng | 妹妹 | |
| Linhe | 妹妹 | |
| Haibowan | 妹妹 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 妹仔 |
| Dikou | 妹仔 | |
| Songxi | 妹仔 | |
| Zhenghe | 妹 | |
| Zhenqian | 妹 | |
| Jianyang | 妹仔 | |
| Wuyishan | 妹仔 | |
| 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 | |
| Taipei | 小妹 | |
| Kaohsiung | 小妹 | |
| Tainan | 小妹 | |
| Sanxia | 小妹 | |
| Yilan | 小妹 | |
| Kinmen | 小妹 | |
| Magong | 小妹 | |
| Penang | 小妹 | |
| Singapore | 小妹 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 小妹 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿妹 | |
| Shantou | 妹 | |
| Haifeng | 妹, 妹妹 | |
| Johor Bahru | 阿妹 | |
| Wenchang | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female | |
| Haikou | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female | |
| Leizhou | 尼妹, 妹 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿妹 |
| Xianyou | 阿妹, 小妹 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 妹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 妹 |
| Fuding | 阿妹 | |
| Luoyuan | 妹 | |
| Sanming | 妹 | |
| Shunchang | 阿妹 | |
| Hua'an | 妹 | |
| Guixi | 妹 | |
| Cangnan | 妹 | |
| Jingning | 妹 | |
| Lishui | 妹 | |
| Longyou | 妹 | |
| Chaozhou | 妹 | |
| Fengshun | 妹 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿妹, 妹妹 |
| Suzhou | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Wuxi | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Hangzhou | 阿妹, 妹妹 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿妹 | |
| Chongming | 姊妹 | |
| Danyang | 妹子 | |
| Jinhua | 妹, 妹妹 | |
| Ningbo | 阿妹, 妹妹 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老妹, 妹妹 |
| Shuangfeng | 妹妹 | |
| Xiangtan | 老妹 | |
| Loudi | 妹妹 | |
Derived terms
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