姐姐 jiějie▶ kakak perempuan

Stroke order

姐姐 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 姐 — 8 strokes
• 姐 — 8 strokes

Example sentences

• 我姐姐在医院工作。Wǒ jiějie zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.My older sister works in a hospital.
• 姐姐非常喜欢狗。Jiějie fēicháng xǐhuān gǒu.My older sister really likes dogs.
• 姐姐在商店工作。Jiějie zài shāngdiàn gōngzuò.My older sister works in a shop.
• 我姐姐很漂亮。Wǒ jiějie hěn piàoliang.My older sister is very beautiful.

Related words

• 小姐Merindukan, melewatkan

姐姐 is pronounced jiějie and means “kakak perempuan”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 姐姐 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.