阿姐
See also: 阿姊
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people | older sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿姐) | 阿 | 姐 | |
| simp. #(阿姐) | 阿 | 姐 | |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
阿姐
- (chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, Wu) elder sister
- (Cantonese, informal) A term of address capable or respectable woman.
- 有阿姐做頭，大家都放心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- jau5 aa3 ze2-1 zou6 tau4-2, daai6 gaa1 dou1 fong3 sam1. [Jyutping]
- With ma'am as our boss, we don't have to worry.
有阿姐做头，大家都放心。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (Cantonese or Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, informal) famous and experienced actress
- (Cantonese, informal, slightly offensive) A term of address to a woman.
- 阿姐，好心妳唔好阻住嗮條路啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- aa3 ze2-1, hou2 sam1 nei5 m4 hou2 zo2 zyu6 saai3 tiu4 lou6 laa1! [Jyutping]
- Lady, please do not block the road!
阿姐，好心你唔好阻住嗮条路啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]
- (Cantonese, informal) A term of address to a middle-aged or elderly woman.
- 阿姐，唔該一籠燒賣吖！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- aa3 ze2-1, m4 goi1 jat1 lung4 siu1 maai6-2 aa1! [Jyutping]
- Lady, please give me a basket of siu mai!
阿姐，唔该一笼烧卖吖！ [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 姐姐 (“elder sister”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 姊 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姐姐 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Taiwan | 姐姐 | |
| Ulanhot | 大姐 | |
| Tongliao | 大姐 | |
| Chifeng | 姐姐 | |
| Bayanhot | 姐姐 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大姐 | |
| Harbin | 姐姐 | |
| Shenyang | 姐姐 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 姐 | |
| Jinan | 姐姐 | |
| Luoyang | 姐 | |
| Wanrong | 姐 | |
| Zhengzhou | 姐 | |
| Xi'an | 姐 | |
| Yinchuan | 姐姐 | |
| Lanzhou | 姐姐 | |
| Xining | 姐姐, 姐 | |
| Ürümqi | 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui | |
| Wuhan | 姐姐 | |
| Huanggang | 姐 | |
| Chengdu | 姐姐, 姐 | |
| Guiyang | 姐 | |
| Kunming | 姐姐 | |
| Liuzhou | 姐, 阿姐 | |
| Xuzhou | 姐姐 | |
| Yangzhou | 姐姐 | |
| Nanjing | 姐姐 | |
| Hefei | 姐姐 | |
| Nantong | 姐姐 | |
| Malaysia | 姐姐 | |
| Singapore | 姐姐 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 姐姐 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊 |
| Hong Kong | 家姐, 姐姐 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 大姊 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 家姐 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿姐 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿姐 | |
| Macau | 家姐 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿家 ><, 家姐 <> | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <> | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <> | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <> | |
| Foshan | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 大姊 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姐 >< | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 家姐 ><, 大姊 <> | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 阿家 ><, 大姊 <> | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 阿姐 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姐 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿姐 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姐 | |
| Taishan | 阿姊 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姐 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姊 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 阿家 | |
| Dongguan | 家姐 ><, 大姊 <> | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大姊, 姊 >< | |
| Shaoguan | 家姐, 阿姐 | |
| Yunfu | 阿姐, 大姐 | |
| Yangjiang | 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐 | |
| Xinyi | 阿𡜵, 大𡜵 | |
| Lianjiang | 大姊, 姐姐 | |
| Danzhou | 姊 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 家姐 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 家姐 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 家姐 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Lichuan | 霞姊 | |
| Pingxiang | 姐姐 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姊 |
| Xingning | 阿姊 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿姐 | |
| Huiyang | 阿姊 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 阿姊 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿姐 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿姐 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿姐 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿姐 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿姐 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿姐 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿姐 | |
| Wuhua (Meilin) | 阿姐 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿姊 | |
| Wengyuan | 阿姊 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 姊姊 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿姊 | |
| Liannan | 阿姊 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 阿姊 | |
| Jiexi | 阿姊 | |
| Luhe | 阿姊 | |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿姊 | |
| Changting | 姊姊, 姊里 | |
| Wuping | 老姊 | |
| Wuping (Yanqian) | 阿姊 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 姊 | |
| Liancheng | 嫫姐 | |
| Ninghua | 姊姊 | |
| Yudu | 姊姊 | |
| Ningdu | 姊姊 | |
| Ruijin | 姐姐 | |
| Shicheng | 姊姊 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 姊姊 | |
| Tonggu (Sandu) | 姊姊 | |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) | 大姊 | |
| Dayu | 姊佬 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姊 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姊 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姊 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姊 | |
| Hong Kong | 阿姐 | |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) | 阿姊 | |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿姊 | |
| Xinyi (Sihe) | 大姊 | |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿姊 | |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿姊 | |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) | 阿姊 | |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿姊 | |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿姊 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 姐 | |
| Luchuan | 姊 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿姊 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姊 | |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 阿姊 | |
| Singkawang | 阿姊 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Shexian | 姐姐 | |
| Tunxi | 姐兒 | |
| Xiuning | 阿姐 | |
| Yixian | 姐姐 | |
| Qimen | 姐兒 | |
| Wuyuan | 姐, 姐姐 | |
| Fuliang | 姐, 姐姐 | |
| Dexing | 姊 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姐姐 |
| Pingyao | 大大 | |
| Xinzhou | 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐 | |
| Taibus (Baochang) | 姐姐 | |
| Linhe | 姐姐 | |
| Jining | 姐姐 | |
| Hohhot | 姐姐 | |
| Baotou | 姐姐 | |
| Dongsheng | 姐姐 | |
| Haibowan | 姐姐 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 姊仔, 姊姊 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿姊 | |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿姊 | |
| Jianyang | 姊仔 | |
| Wuyishan | 姊仔 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿姊 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依姐 |
| Changle | 依姐 | |
| Fuqing | 阿姊 | |
| Yongtai | 依姐 | |
| Gutian | 姐 | |
| Fu'an | 姊哥 | |
| Ningde | 姊 | |
| Shouning | 阿姊 | |
| Zhouning | 阿姊 | |
| Fuding | 阿姊 | |
| Matsu | 依姐 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔 |
| Quanzhou | 阿姊, 姊 | |
| Jinjiang | 阿姊 | |
| Yongchun | 阿姊, 大姊 | |
| Dehua | 阿姊 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿姊 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 大姊 | |
| Zhangpu | 阿姊 | |
| Zhao'an | 姊 | |
| Taipei | 阿姊 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿姊 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿姊 | |
| Yilan | 阿姊 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姊 | |
| Taichung | 阿姊 | |
| Tainan | 阿姊 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿姊 | |
| Kinmen | 俺姊 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 阿姊 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姊, 姊, 姊姊 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 大姊, 阿姊 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姊 | |
| Zhangping | 姐 | |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) | 俺姐 | |
| Datian | 阿姐 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿姐 | |
| Shantou | 姐 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 阿姐 | |
| Jieyang | 阿姐 | |
| Haifeng | 姐姐 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姐 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姐 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姐 | |
| Leizhou | 尼姊, 姊 | |
| Wenchang | 姐, 大姊, 阿姐 | |
| Haikou | 阿姐, 大姊 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 阿姐 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿姊 |
| Xianyou | 阿咍, 阿姊 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 家 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姐, 千金小 euphemistic |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 阿姊 |
| Fuding | 阿姊 | |
| Luoyuan | 阿姊 | |
| Sanming | 阿姊 | |
| Shunchang | 阿姊 | |
| Hua'an | 阿姊 | |
| Guixi (Zhangping) | 阿姊 | |
| Cangnan | 姊 | |
| Jingning | 阿姊 | |
| Lishui | 姊 | |
| Longyou | 阿姊 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿姊 | |
| Fengshun | 阿姊 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 阿姐, 姐姐 | |
| Suzhou | 阿姐, 姐姐 | |
| Wuxi | 阿姊, 姐姐 | |
| Danyang | 姐姐 | |
| Hangzhou | 阿姐, 姐姐 | |
| Ningbo | 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿姹, 阿姐 | |
| Jinhua | 姊姊兒, 姊姊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姐姐 |
| Loudi | 姐姐, 姊姊 | |
| Shuangfeng | 姐姐 | |
| Note | >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face | |
Proper noun
阿姐
- (Hong Kong, informal) Liza Wang
Pronunciation 2
Noun
阿姐
- (Cantonese, dated, face-to-face) father's concubine