姐姐
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English
- older sister
- (noun) general term of young lady
- elder sister
- a friendly way to address a young female
- female house helper; female domestic helper
- female house helper; female domestic helper ----
- female janitor
量詞 — Classifiers
粵語 — Cantonese
- 家姐;同一對阿爸阿媽生,年紀大過自己嘅女性;有時同父異母,或者同母異父,亦可以稱為姐姐(量詞:個)
- 對年紀唔大嘅女性嘅友善稱呼(量詞:個/位)
- 女性佣人;請返嚟屋企做家務嘅女性員工(量詞:個/位)
- 女性傭人;請返嚟屋企做家務嘅女性員工
- 女性清潔工
Examples
我姐姐大我三年。
My elder sister is three years older than me. ----
姐姐,可唔可以請我食糖呀?
Miss, could you please give me a candy? ----
我屋企有兩個姐姐幫我湊仔。
There are two female house helpers at home taking care of my son.
媽咪!嗰個姐姐同嗰個哥哥喺到拖手手,佢哋一定係好好嘅朋友喇!
Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
学学你姐姐。
Follow your sister's example.
Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY
你的姐姐呢?
Where did your sister just go?
Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY
他有三个姐姐。
He has three elder sisters.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
她是我的姐姐。
She's my older sister.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk