This is a picture of my sister.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
姊姊
older sister
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
older sister
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 姊姊 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 姊姊 appears in 25 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She's not as beautiful as her sister.
My sister's work is teaching English.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 姊姊.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 姊姊.
Directly before
- 我姊姊11
- 的姊姊5
- 她姊姊3
- 他姊姊2
- 你姊姊2
Directly after
- 姊姊做2
- 姊姊的2
- 姊姊在2
- 姊姊是1
- 姊姊为1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 姊姊
What does 姊姊 mean in Chinese?
姊姊 (zǐzǐ) means older sister.
How do you pronounce 姊姊?
姊姊 is pronounced zǐzǐ.
Is 姊姊 an HSK word?
姊姊 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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