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jiě Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiě | jie3
English translation
older sister
elder sister; miss, young lady

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About jiě

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

jiě

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of jiě

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女且

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiě

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Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐要 bào 小姐 xiǎojie 欢心 huān xīn ,便 biàn Hēi tián 朱古力 zhū gǔ lì 小姐 xiǎojie 那些 nà xiē 亲昵 qīn nì de 称呼 chēnghu 告诉 gàosu .

He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate. "

刚才 gāngcái 打电话 dǎdiànhuà de 敢情 gǎn qing shì 小王 de 姐姐 jiějie ya !

So it was Xiao Wang's elder sister who called just now.

菲利浦 biē zhù 大笑 dà xiào 起来 qǐlai , 可是 kěshì 普赖斯小姐 xiǎojie de liǎn què le .

Philip was obliged to laugh, but Miss Price grew darkly red with anger.

, màn 内特小姐 xiǎojie , zài 整个 zhěnggè 梦里 dōu 知道 zhīdào 自己 zìjǐ shì hěn pèi de .

'No, Miss Manette; all through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving.

史密斯 Shǐ mì sī 先生 Xiānsheng yāo 鲁滨逊小姐 xiǎojie wéi .

Mr. Smith is taking Miss Robinson in marriage.

Words with jiě

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
小姐 xiǎojie miss小姐 xiǎojie
姐姐 jiějie older sister姐姐 jiějie
jiě older sister jiě
姐妹 jiě mèi sisters姐妹 jiě mèi
大姐 dà jiě big sister大姐 dà jiě
空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě 空姐 kōng jiě
姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband姐夫 jiě fu
表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line表姐 biǎo jiě
师姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice師姐
堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin堂姐 táng jiě
空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě
表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi
坐台小姐 zuò tái xiǎo jiě bar girl坐台小姐 zuò tái xiǎo jiě
表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu
花大姐 huā dà jiě common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢虫 piáo chóng 花大姐 huā dà jiě
窑姐 yáo jiě (dialect) prostitute窯姐
姨姐 yí jiě sister-in-law姨姐 yí jiě
姐丈 jiě zhàng brother-in-law姐丈 jiě zhàng

jiě Decomposition & Compounds

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jiě Decomposition

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