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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): zǐmèi, jiěmèi
- (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄇㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi3 mei4
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зымый (zɨmɨy, II-0) / зымый (zɨmɨy, II-I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi2 mui6, zi2 mui6-2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): dei2 moi4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chí-moi
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chí-bē / chí-bēr / chí-mōe / chí-māi / chí-moāi / chí-běr
- (Teochew, Peng'im): zi2 muê7
- Wu (Wugniu)
姊妹
- elder sister and younger sister; sisters
- sister (close female friend)
- sister (fellow female member of a religion) (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 位 m c)
- (literary or dialectal) brothers and sisters
- (dialectal) younger sister
- (Cantonese) bridesmaid
Usage notes[edit]
- 姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”) and 妹妹 (mèimei, “younger sister”) are the usual nouns for referring to one's sister.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
姐妹 (“sisters”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姐妹, 姊妹
|
Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姐兒
|
Taiwan
|
姐妹
|
Jinan
|
姊妹
|
Xi'an
|
姊妹
|
Wuhan
|
姊妹
|
Chengdu
|
姊妹
|
Guilin
|
姊妹
|
Yangzhou
|
姊妹
|
Hefei
|
姊妹
|
Singapore
|
姐妹
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姊妹
|
Hong Kong
|
姊妹
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
姊妹
|
Macau
|
姊妹
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姊妹
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姐妹
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
姊妹
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
姊妹
|
Foshan
|
姊妹
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姊妹
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
姊妹
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姊妹
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
姊妹
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姊妹
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
姊妹
|
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
姐妹
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
姊妹
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
姊妹
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
姊妹
|
Taishan
|
姊妹
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
姊妹
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
姊妹
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
姊妹
|
Dongguan
|
姊妹
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
姊妹
|
Yangjiang
|
姊妹
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姊妹
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
姊妹
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姊妹
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
姊妹
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
姊妹
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
姊妹
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
姊妹
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
姊妹
|
Conghua (Lütian)
|
姊妹
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
姊妹
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
姊妹
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
姊妹
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
姊妹
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
姊妹
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
姊妹
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姊妹
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姊妹
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
姐妹
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
姊妹, 姊妹仔
|
Quanzhou
|
姊妹, 姊妹仔
|
Zhangzhou
|
姊妹, 姊妹仔
|
Taipei
|
姊妹
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
姊妹
|
Kaohsiung
|
姊妹
|
Yilan
|
姊妹
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
姊妹
|
Taichung
|
姊妹
|
Tainan
|
姊妹
|
Hsinchu
|
姊妹仔
|
Kinmen
|
姊妹
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
姊妹
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
姊妹
|
Chaozhou
|
姊妹, 姐妹
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
姐妹
|
Wenchang
|
姊妹
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
姊妹
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
姊妹
|
Suzhou
|
姊妹
|
Ningbo
|
姊妹
|
Wenzhou
|
姊妹
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姊妹
|
Shuangfeng
|
姊妹
|
Dialectal synonyms of
妹妹 (“younger sister”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
妹, 女弟
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
妹妹
|
Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
妹妹
|
Taiwan
|
妹妹
|
Ulanhot
|
老妹兒
|
Tongliao
|
老妹兒
|
Chifeng
|
妹妹
|
Bayanhot
|
妹妹
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
老妹兒
|
Harbin
|
妹妹, 妹子
|
Shenyang
|
妹妹
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
妹
|
Jinan
|
妹妹
|
Luoyang
|
妹
|
Wanrong
|
妹子
|
Zhengzhou
|
妹妹
|
Xi'an
|
妹子, 妹妹
|
Yinchuan
|
妹妹
|
Lanzhou
|
妹妹
|
Xining
|
妹子
|
Ürümqi
|
妹妹
|
Wuhan
|
妹妹
|
Huanggang
|
妹兒
|
Chengdu
|
妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
|
Guiyang
|
妹
|
Kunming
|
妹子, 妹妹
|
Liuzhou
|
妹子, 妹, 老妹
|
Xuzhou
|
妹妹
|
Yangzhou
|
妹妹
|
Nanjing
|
妹妹, 妹子
|
Hefei
|
妹妹
|
Nantong
|
妹子, 妹妹
|
Malaysia
|
妹妹
|
Singapore
|
妹妹
|
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
妹妹
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
|
Hong Kong
|
妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
阿妹
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
妹
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
阿妹
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿妹
|
Macau
|
妹
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
細妹, 阿妹
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
妹
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
妹
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿妹
|
Foshan
|
細妹, 妹
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿妹
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
妹
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
妹
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
妹子
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
妹
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
妹
|
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
阿妹
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿妹
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿妹
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿妹
|
Taishan
|
阿妹
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿妹
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿妹
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
妹
|
Dongguan
|
妹
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
妹
|
Shaoguan
|
阿妹
|
Yunfu
|
阿妹
|
Yangjiang
|
小妹
|
Xinyi
|
老妹
|
Lianjiang
|
老妹, 阿妹
|
Danzhou
|
老姑
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
阿妹
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
細妹, 阿妹, 妹
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
細妹
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
妹子
|
Lichuan
|
妹
|
Pingxiang
|
老妹, 妹老子
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
老妹, 老妹仔
|
Xingning
|
老妹
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
老妹
|
Huiyang
|
老妹
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
老妹
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
老妹
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
老妹
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
老妹
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
老妹
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
老妹
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
老妹
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
老妹
|
Wuhua (Meilin)
|
老妹
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
老妹
|
Wengyuan
|
老妹
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
老妹
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
老妹
|
Liannan
|
老妹
|
Conghua (Lütian)
|
老妹
|
Jiexi
|
老妹
|
Luhe
|
老妹
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿妹
|
Changting
|
老妹
|
Wuping
|
老妹
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
老妹子
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
老妹
|
Liancheng
|
老妹
|
Ninghua
|
老妹
|
Yudu
|
妹子
|
Ningdu
|
妹
|
Ruijin
|
老妹
|
Shicheng
|
老妹, 妹
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
老妹
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
老妹
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
老妹
|
Dayu
|
妹佬
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
老妹
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
老妹
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
老妹
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
老妹
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
老妹
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿妹
|
Hong Kong
|
老妹
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
老妹
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
老妹
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
老妹
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
老妹
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
老妹
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
老妹
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
老妹
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
老妹
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
老妹
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
老妹
|
Luchuan
|
老妹
|
Sabah (Bao'an)
|
老妹
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
老妹
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
老妹
|
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
老妹
|
Singkawang
|
阿妹, 老妹
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
妹
|
Shexian
|
妹妹, 女妹
|
Tunxi
|
令妹兒
|
Xiuning
|
令妹, 令妹兒
|
Yixian
|
奶妹兒
|
Qimen
|
妹吶
|
Wuyuan
|
女妹仂, 女妹, 妹
|
Fuliang
|
小妹, 妹哩
|
Dexing
|
妹子
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
妹妹
|
Pingyao
|
妹妹, 妹子
|
Xinzhou
|
姊妹
|
Taibus (Baochang)
|
妹妹
|
Linhe
|
妹妹
|
Jining
|
妹妹
|
Hohhot
|
妹妹
|
Baotou
|
妹妹
|
Dongsheng
|
妹妹
|
Haibowan
|
妹妹
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
妹仔
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
妹仔
|
Songxi
|
妹仔
|
Zhenghe
|
妹
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
妹
|
Jianyang
|
妹仔
|
Wuyishan
|
妹仔
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
妹仔
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
依妹, 妹
|
Changle
|
依妹
|
Fuqing
|
阿妹
|
Yongtai
|
依妹
|
Gutian
|
妹
|
Fu'an
|
妹
|
Ningde
|
妹
|
Shouning
|
姊妹
|
Zhouning
|
阿妹
|
Fuding
|
阿妹
|
Matsu
|
依妹
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
|
Quanzhou
|
小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
|
Zhangzhou
|
小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
|
Zhao'an
|
細妹子
|
Taipei
|
小妹
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
小妹
|
Kaohsiung
|
小妹
|
Tainan
|
小妹
|
Kinmen
|
小妹
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
小妹
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
小妹
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
小妹
|
Chaozhou
|
阿妹
|
Shantou
|
妹
|
Jieyang
|
阿妹
|
Haifeng
|
妹, 妹妹, 阿妹
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿妹
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿妹
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿妹
|
Leizhou
|
尼妹, 妹
|
Wenchang
|
姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
|
Haikou
|
姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
阿妹
|
Xianyou
|
阿妹, 小妹
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
妹
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
妹
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
妹
|
Fuding
|
阿妹
|
Luoyuan
|
妹
|
Sanming
|
妹
|
Shunchang
|
阿妹
|
Hua'an
|
妹
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
妹
|
Cangnan
|
妹
|
Jingning
|
妹
|
Lishui
|
妹
|
Longyou
|
妹
|
Chaozhou
|
妹
|
Fengshun
|
妹
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
阿妹, 妹妹, 姊妹
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姊妹
|
Suzhou
|
妹子, 妹妹
|
Wuxi
|
妹子, 妹妹
|
Danyang
|
妹子
|
Hangzhou
|
阿妹, 妹妹
|
Ningbo
|
阿妹, 妹妹
|
Wenzhou
|
阿妹
|
Jinhua
|
妹, 妹妹
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
老妹, 妹妹
|
Xiangtan
|
老妹
|
Loudi
|
妹妹
|
Shuangfeng
|
妹妹
|
Dialectal synonyms of
伴娘 (“bridesmaid”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
伴娘
|
Mandarin
|
Taiwan
|
伴娘
|
Jinan
|
女儐相
|
Xining
|
女儐相
|
Yangzhou
|
伴娘
|
Nanjing
|
伴媽, 伴娘
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姊妹
|
Hong Kong
|
伴娘, 姊妹
|
Dongguan
|
伴娘, 陪嫁娘
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
伴娘
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
伴娘
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
伴嫁奶
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
新人伴
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
新娘伴, 新娘替, 伴嫁
|
Quanzhou
|
新儂伴, 新儂替
|
Zhangzhou
|
新娘伴
|
Taipei
|
送嫁, 新娘牚
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
伴嫁
|
Kaohsiung
|
伴嫁
|
Yilan
|
伴娘
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
伴行
|
Taichung
|
伴嫁
|
Tainan
|
伴嫁
|
Hsinchu
|
伴嫁
|
Kinmen
|
伴嫁
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
伴嫁
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
伴郎妹
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
伴娘, 伴姑娘, 喜娘
|
Jinhua
|
陪堂姑娘
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
伴媽, 伴婆
|
Derived terms[edit]