姊妹

See also: 姉妹 and 姐妹

Chinese

		older sister	younger sister
simp. and trad. (姊妹)		姊	妹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zǐmèi, jiěmèi

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄇㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): зымый (zɨmɨj, II-0) / зымый (zɨmɨj, II-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zi² mui⁶, zi² mui^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dei² moi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chí-moi
Min Nan (POJ): chí-bē / chí-bēr / chí-mōe / chí-māi / chí-moāi / chí-běr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyymey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jiěmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiemey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    姊妹
    姐妹
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: зымый (zɨmɨj, II-0) / зымый (zɨmɨj, II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɨː⁵¹ mɨi⁰/, /t͡sɨː⁵¹ mɨi²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² mui⁶, zi² mui^6-2
  - Yale: jí muih, jí múi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mui⁶, dzi² mui^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² mui⁶, ji² mui²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ muːy̯²²/, /t͡siː³⁵ muːy̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dei² moi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tei⁵⁵ ᵐbᵘɔi²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chí-moi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ji` moi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ji³ moi⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi³¹ moi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bē
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-bē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'be
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be³³/
  - IPA (Philippines): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bēr
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-bēr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻²⁴ bə²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-mōe
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-muē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cymoe
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ muẽ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-māi
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-māi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cymai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãɪ²²/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-moāi
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-muāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cymoai
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-běr
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-běr

Noun

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

Usage notes

姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”) and 妹妹 (mèimei, “younger sister”) are the usual nouns for referring to one's sister.

Synonyms

(sisters): 姐妹 (jiěmèi), (Min Nan) 姊妹仔

Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妹, 女弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妹妹
Mandarin	Beijing	妹妹
	Taiwan	妹妹
	Harbin	妹妹, 妹子
	Shenyang	妹妹
	Hailar	老妹兒
	Ulan Hot	老妹兒
	Tongliao	老妹兒
	Chifeng	妹妹
	Bayanhot	妹妹
	Jinan	妹妹
	Muping	妹
	Luoyang	妹
	Wanrong	妹子
	Xi'an	妹子, 妹妹
	Zhengzhou	妹妹
	Xining	妹子
	Xuzhou	妹妹
	Yinchuan	妹妹
	Lanzhou	妹妹
	Ürümqi	妹妹
	Wuhan	妹妹
	Huanggang	妹兒
	Chengdu	妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
	Guiyang	妹
	Liuzhou	妹子, 妹, 老妹
	Kunming	妹子, 妹妹
	Yangzhou	妹妹
	Nanjing	妹妹, 妹子
	Hefei	妹妹
	Nantong	妹子, 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
	Foshan	細妹, 妹
	Shunde	妹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	妹
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿妹
	Doumen	阿妹
	Taishan	阿妹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿妹
	Dongguan	妹
	Shaoguan	阿妹
	Yunfu	阿妹
	Yangjiang	小妹
	Xinyi	老妹
	Lianjiang	老妹, 阿妹
	Danzhou	老姑
	Kuala Lumpur	阿妹
	Ho Chi Minh City	細妹
Gan	Nanchang	妹子
	Lichuan	妹
	Pingxiang	老妹, 妹老子
Hakka	Meixian	老妹, 老妹仔
	Xingning	老妹
	Huidong	老妹
	Qujiang	老妹
	Xiaosanjiang	老妹
	Changting	老妹
	Pingyu	老妹
	Wuping	老妹
	Liancheng	老妹
	Ninghua	老妹
	Yudu	妹子
	Ruijin	老妹
	Shicheng	老妹, 妹
	Shangyou	老妹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老妹
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	老妹
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	老妹
	Dongshi (Dabu)	老妹
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	老妹
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿妹
	Hong Kong	老妹
	Sabah (Bao'an)	老妹
	Senai	老妹
	Sabah (Longchuan)	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
	Baochang	妹妹
	Jining	妹妹
	Hohhot	妹妹
	Baotou	妹妹
	Dongsheng	妹妹
	Linhe	妹妹
	Haibowan	妹妹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	妹仔
	Dikou	妹仔
	Songxi	妹仔
	Zhenghe	妹
	Zhenqian	妹
	Jianyang	妹仔
	Wuyishan	妹仔
	Shibei	妹仔
Min Dong	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
Min Nan	Xiamen	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Quanzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Zhangzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Taipei	小妹
	Kaohsiung	小妹
	Tainan	小妹
	Sanxia	小妹
	Yilan	小妹
	Kinmen	小妹
	Magong	小妹
	Penang	小妹
	Singapore	小妹
	Philippines (Manila)	小妹
	Chaozhou	阿妹
	Shantou	妹
	Haifeng	妹, 妹妹
	Johor Bahru	阿妹
	Wenchang	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
	Haikou	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
	Leizhou	尼妹, 妹
Puxian Min	Putian	阿妹
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿妹, 小妹
Pinghua	Nanning	妹
Shehua	Fu'an	妹
	Fuding	阿妹
	Luoyuan	妹
	Sanming	妹
	Shunchang	阿妹
	Hua'an	妹
	Guixi	妹
	Cangnan	妹
	Jingning	妹
	Lishui	妹
	Longyou	妹
	Chaozhou	妹
	Fengshun	妹
Wu	Shanghai	阿妹, 妹妹
	Suzhou	妹子, 妹妹
	Wuxi	妹子, 妹妹
	Hangzhou	阿妹, 妹妹
	Wenzhou	阿妹
	Chongming	姊妹
	Danyang	妹子
	Jinhua	妹, 妹妹
	Ningbo	阿妹, 妹妹
Xiang	Changsha	老妹, 妹妹
	Shuangfeng	妹妹
	Xiangtan	老妹
	Loudi	妹妹

Derived terms

兄弟姊妹 (xiōngdì zǐmèi)
十姊妹
堂姊妹
妻姊妹婚
姊妹城市 (zǐmèi chéngshì)
姊妹市
姊妹校

姊妹盟
姊妹行
手帕姊妹
胞姊妹
表姊妹
香火姊妹

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