姐

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Pronunciation : jiě

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Meaning :
  1. elder sister. (n)
  2. a form of address for young women similar in age to oneself. (n)
Radical : 女
Strokes : 8
Traditional : 姐
Usage : 14.0%
Sentences:
1. My sister is very pretty.
wǒ jiě jie hěn piào liɑng 。
我 姐 姐 很 漂 亮 。

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我 : I, me
姐姐 : elder sister
我姐姐 : my elder sister (same as 我的姐姐)
很 : very
漂亮 : pretty, beautiful
2. Sister Lee is my neighbor.
lǐ dà jiě shì wǒ de lín jū 。
李 大 姐 是 我 的 邻 居 。

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李大姐 : Sister Lee
是 : is
我的 : my
邻居 : neighbor
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July 2nd, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

Comments (3)

Joe - Xuesheng1July 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Hi,

The English translation would be more correct if you said, “Sister Lee is my neighbor.” Sister Lee is only one person. She can’t be plural.

Joe

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Min Min Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am

Hi Joe,

Yeah, you’re right. “Neighbor” is supposed to be singular in this sentence. Thank you very much for addressing my mistake. I have corrected it. :)

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DasodYash Reply:
March 15th, 2010 at 8:12 pm

i noticed that too

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