姐 (jiě): elder sister
姐 (jiě) is a Chinese character meaning “elder sister.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 且 (phonetic). It ranks #830 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 姐 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- elder sister
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 姐
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空姐 | kōng jiě | abbr. for 空中小姐 |
| 大姐 | dà jiě | big sister |
| 表姐 | biǎo jiě | older female cousin through a female relative |
| 姐夫 | jiě fu | (coll.) older sister's husband |
| 堂姐 | táng jiě | older female patrilineal cousin |
| 空中小姐 | kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě | stewardess |
| 表姐妹 | biǎo jiě mèi | female cousin through a female relative |
| 花大姐 | huā dà jiě | common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢蟲|瓢虫[piao2 chong2] |
| 学姐 | xué jiě | senior or older female schoolmate |
| 师姐 | shī jiě | senior female fellow student or apprentice |
| 继姐 | jì jiě | older stepsister |
| 大姐大 | dà jiě dà | female gang leader |
| 大小姐 | dà xiǎo jie | eldest daughter of an affluent family |
| 大姐头 | dà jiě tóu | (Tw) female gang leader |
| 世界小姐选美 | shì jiè xiǎo jie xuǎn měi | Miss World Beauty Pageant |
姐 appears in 46 compound words: 13 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 姐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
我姐姐在一家医院当护士，工作很辛苦。
Wǒ jiějie zài yì jiā yīyuàn dāng hùshi, gōngzuò hěn xīnkǔ.
My older sister works as a nurse at a hospital; her work is very hard.
夜王|鄭秀文被要求胸部墊Pad演V姐 Sammi..每邊double都冇效果
yè wáng 鄭 xiù wén bèi yāo qiú xiōng bù 墊 yǎn jiě . . měi 邊 dōu 冇 xiào guǒ
Night King | Sammi Cheng was asked to wear breast pads for her role as Sister V. Sammi... even with double padding on each side, it didn't work.
王菲連兩年春晚開唱!粉絲敲碗辦演唱會 寬姐鬆口了
wáng 菲 連 兩 nián chūn wǎn 開 chàng ! fěn 絲 qiāo wǎn 辦 yǎn chàng 會 寬 jiě 鬆 kǒu le
Faye Wong Performs at Spring Festival Gala for Two Consecutive Years! Fans Clamoring for Concert as Sister Kuan Finally Gives the Green Light
兩名韓籍空姐每月1.35萬 合租御海灣II一房戶
兩 míng 韓 jí kōng jiě měi yuè . 萬 gě zū yù hǎi 灣 yī fáng 戶
Two Korean flight attendants share a one-bedroom unit at Ocean Bay II for HK$13,500 per month.
家姐好心幫手「攔截成績表」反害慘弟弟 網民一...
jiā jiě hǎo xīn 幫 shǒu 攔 jié chéng 績 biǎo fǎn hài 慘 dì dì 網 mín yī . . .
Big Sister's Kind Gesture to "Intercept the Report Card" Backfires on Little Brother, Netizens...
港姐冠軍黃嘉雯豪宅曝光 去年榮升馬主贏254...
gǎng jiě guàn 軍 黃 jiā 雯 háo zhái pù guāng qù nián 榮 shēng 馬 zhǔ 贏 . . .
Hong Kong Stewardess Champion Wong Ka Man's Mansion Revealed Last Year's Racehorse Owner Won 254...
先生小姐，你们买点什么首饰？
Xiānsheng xiǎojie, nǐmen mǎi diǎn shénme shǒushì?
Sir and Miss, what type of jewellery are you looking to buy?
小姐，今天晚上有没有空房间？
Xiǎojie, jīntiān wǎnshang yǒuméiyǒu kōngfángjiān?
Miss, are there any available rooms for tonight?
我能和布朗小姐说话吗？
Wǒ néng hé Bùlǎng xiǎojie shuōhuà ma?
May I talk to Ms. Brown?
你的姐姐游泳得不好，是不是？
Nǐ de jiějie yóuyǒng de bù hǎo, shìbùshì?
Your sister can't swim well, can she?
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