姊妹
English
- (older and younger) sisters
- sisters
- sister (school, city etc)
- (of females) very close friends, best friend
- bridesmaid
粵語 — Cantonese
- 同一對父母所生嘅女仔,佢哋係彼此嘅姊妹(量詞:個/對/班);有時同父異母,或者同母異父,亦可以稱為姊妹。
- 兩個感情好好嘅女性(量詞:個/對/班)
- 喺婚禮入面,新娘會叫自己嘅女性朋友幫手處理婚禮入面嘅事務,呢班女仔就叫做姊妹。
Examples
兩姊妹都係金頭髮嘅。
Both sisters are blonde.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
瑪麗結婚邊個做姊妹啊?
Who are the bridesmaids for Mary's wedding party?
佢哋兩姊妹都係讀呢間學校。
Those two sisters both study in this school.
佢哋日日拖住手,真係姊妹情深。
They are holding hands every day, what a good relationship! ----
你係我嘅好姊妹,我梗係幫你喇。
You're my good friend, of course I'll help you. ----
佢有三個姊妹,一個係護士,另外嗰兩個係老師。
She has three sisters: one is a nurse and the other two are teachers.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
我阿爸阿媽今個夏天諗住送我去波士頓探我啲表兄弟姊妹。
My mother and father are sending me to Boston for the summer to visit my cousins.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
我阿爸阿媽都冇返工,但係仍然好好噉照顧我同埋我嗰廿三個兄弟姊妹。
Both of my parents were unemployed, but they didn't let that stop them from properly looking after me and my 23 brothers and sisters.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk