姐妹
jiě mèi
Pinyin

Definition

姐妹
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jiě mèi
  1. sisters
  2. siblings
  3. sister (school, city etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

妹妹
mèi mei
  1. 1 younger sister
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
姐姐
jiě jie
  1. 1 older sister
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
小姐
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
大姐
dà jiě
  1. 1 big sister
  2. 2 elder sister
  3. 3 older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
妹
mèi
  1. 1 younger sister
妹子
mèi zi
  1. 1 (dialect) younger sister
  2. 2 girl
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
姊妹
zǐ mèi
  1. 1 (older and younger) sisters
  2. 2 sister (school, city etc)
姐
jiě
  1. 1 older sister
姐夫
jiě fu
  1. 1 (coll.) older sister's husband
姐妹
jiě mèi
  1. 1 sisters
  2. 2 siblings
  3. 3 sister (school, city etc)
学妹
xué mèi
  1. 1 junior or younger female schoolmate
家姐
jiā jiě
  1. 1 (polite) my older sister
小妹
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
空姐
kōng jiě
  1. 1 abbr. for 空中小姐
  2. 2 stewardess
  3. 3 air hostess
  4. 4 female flight attendant
表妹
biǎo mèi
  1. 1 younger female cousin via female line
表姐
biǎo jiě
  1. 1 older female cousin via female line
伊妹儿
yī mèi r5
  1. 1 email (loanword)
  2. 2 see 電子郵件|电子邮件[diàn zǐ yóu jiàn]
兄妹
xiōng mèi
  1. 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
台妹
Tái mèi
  1. 1 local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人[běn shěng rén])

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

我们是一个藏族民居改造的客栈，有20个房间，每天都有来自五湖四海的兄弟姐妹留宿。
wǒmen shì yīgē Zàngzú mínjū gǎizào de kèzhàn ，yǒu ge fángjiān ，měitiān dōu yǒu láizì wǔhúsìhǎi de xiōngdì jiěmèi liúsù 。
We are an inn that has been refurbished from traditional Tibet dwellings. There are 20 rooms, and every day there are tourists (literal meaning-brothers and sisters) from all corners of the world.
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嗯，还好有你们姐妹俩。
ng4 ，hái hǎo yǒu nǐ men jiěmèi liǎ 。
Ah, at least she has your sisters.
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你看吧，1979年，国家出政策了，1980年开始，实行计划生育了，兄弟姐妹没有了，只剩一棵独苗苗了。
nǐ kàn ba ，1979 nián ，guójiā chū zhèngcè le ，yījiǔbālíng nián kāishǐ ，shíxíng jìhuàshēngyù le ，xiōngdì jiěmèi méiyǒu le ，zhī shèng yī kē dúmiáomiao le 。
Look, in 1979, the country came up with a policy which was launched in 1980, to implement family planning. So without brothers and sisters, only us only children remained.
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真是我的好姐妹！哎，你合同签了吧？
zhēn shì wǒ de hǎo jiěmèi ！āi ，nǐ hétong qiān le ba ？
You really are like a sister to me! Hey, have you signed the contract?
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我印象最深的就是占座位。呵呵，我通常起得比较早，几乎每天早上帮宿舍的姐妹们占座位。喜欢的课就占中间的座位，不喜欢的就占后排的。
wǒ yìnxiàng zuìshēn de jiùshì zhàn zuòwèi 。hēhē ，wǒ tōngcháng qǐ de bǐjiào zǎo ，jīhū měitiān zǎoshang bāng sùshè de jiěmèimen zhàn zuòwèi 。xǐhuan de kè jiù zhàn zhōngjiān de zuòwèi ，bù xǐhuan de jiù zhàn hòupái de 。
The most lasting impression I had was getting a seat. Haha. I would often get up early. It seemed like every morning I'd help the girls in my dorm get seats. For the classes I liked the most, I'd get a seat in the middle. I didn't like to get the seats in the back.
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是啊。现在的孩子没有兄弟姐妹，在家里只能自己一个人玩，太没劲了。
shì a 。xiànzài de háizi méiyǒu xiōngdìjiěmèi ，zài jiālǐ zhǐnéng zìjǐ yī gè rén wán ，tài méijìn le 。
Yeah! Kids today don't have brothers and sisters, and at home they can only play by themselves. It's no fun at all.
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姐妹们，不好意思，我来晚了。哎，怎么还少一个？小悦呢？
jiěmèi men ，bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ lái wǎn le 。āi ，zěnme hái shǎo yī ge ？Xiǎoyuè ne ？
Hey girls, sorry I'm late. Hey, aren't we short one person? Where's Xiao Yue?
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不过跟北京的兄弟姐妹们一比，我们还算幸运了，顶多加衣服的速度快点儿。你看看北京，PM2.5监测数据都爆表了，属于极重度污染。
bùguò gēn Běijīng de xiōngdìjiěmèi men yī bǐ ，wǒmen hái suàn xìngyùn le ，dǐngduō jiā yīfu de sùdù kuài diǎnr 。nǐ kàn kan Běijīng ，PM èrdiǎnwǔ jiāncè shùjù dōu bàobiǎo le ，shǔyú jí zhòngdù wūrǎn 。
But we're still lucky compared to those living in Beijing; at worst, we just have to be quick about bundling up. Look at Beijing, though: their PM2.5 data is off the charts, classifying it as extremely severe pollution.
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别胡说！我告诉你，我有个小姐妹以前月子里洗头，现在天天偏头疼。所以你这个月千万不能洗头。
bié húshuō ！wǒ gàosu nǐ ，wǒ yǒu gè xiǎojiěmèi yǐqián yuèzi lǐ xǐtóu ，xiànzài tiāntiān piāntóuténg 。suǒyǐ nǐ zhè ge yuè qiānwàn bùnéng xǐtóu 。
Don't be ridiculous! I'm telling you, I had a friend who washed her hair within the first month after giving birth. Now she has migraines every day. You absolutely cannot wash your hair this month.
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