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IDENTITY

jiěolder sister

HSK 1Top 680

CORE MEANING

older sister

Part of speech
noun
Register
informal

Senses

  1. 1.older sisterHSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
woman radical (nǚ)
strokes
8
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰女且
    • woman
    • gives the sound jiě (historical)

USAGE

Common words

姐姐jiějieolder sister
小姐xiǎojiěmiss; young lady

Graded examples

  • 姐姐在北京工作。Jiějie zài Běijīng gōngzuò.HSK2

    My older sister works in Beijing.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A woman (女) with the old sound zǔ (且) — jiě, older sister.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#680
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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