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姊妹 meaning in English

zǐmèi

(older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc)

15 strokes

Meaning of 姊妹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zǐmèi
  1. (older and younger) sisters
  2. sister (school, city etc)

姊妹 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā和hé我wǒ的de堂táng姊zǐ妹mèi订dìng婚hūn了le。
He got engaged to my cousin.
我wǒ的de姊zǐ妹mèi将jiāng会huì准zhǔn备bèi早zǎo餐cān。
My sister will prepare breakfast.
我wǒ的de两liǎng个gè姊zǐ妹mèi并bìng非fēi都dōu结jié婚hūn了le。
Both of my sisters are not married.
汤tāng姆mǔ有yǒu两liǎng个gè兄xiōng弟dì姊zǐ妹mèi。
Tom has two siblings.
你nǐ有yǒu多duō少shǎo个gè兄xiōng弟dì姊zǐ妹mèi？
How many siblings do you have?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

姊 zǐ · elder sister · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

妹 mèi · younger sister · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 姊妹.

妹妹mèimeiyounger sister; young woman
姐妹jiěmèisisters; siblings
妹子mèizi(dialect) younger sister; girl
表妹biǎomèiyounger female cousin through a female relative
兄弟姐妹xiōngdìjiěmèibrothers and sisters; siblings
小妹妹xiǎomèimeilittle sister; little girl
辣妹làmèihot chick; sexy girl
小妹xiǎomèilittle sister; girl
姊姊zǐzǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5]
兄妹xiōngmèibrother(s) and sister(s)
妹夫mèifuyounger sister's husband
弟妹dìmèiyounger sibling; younger brother's wife

Questions about 姊妹

What does 姊妹 mean?

姊妹 (zǐmèi) means "(older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc)".

How do you write 姊妹?

姊妹 is made of 2 characters: 姊 (7 strokes), 妹 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.