WordTaiwan frequency #25,090
姊妹倆
ㄗˇ ㄇㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄚˇ
“the two sisters; the two of them (referring to two women, whether biological sisters or close female friends)”
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姊
ㄗˇ
Older sister; term for an elder female peer or senior in a group; also used for elder sister in Taiwan.
妹
ㄇㄟˋ
Younger sister; term for a younger female relative or peer; self-deprecating term for a young woman; generally refers to a young girl.
倆
ㄌㄧㄚˇ
Two people or things; a couple; both; used in the term for tricks or stratagems.
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- 妹妹ㄇㄟˋ ㄇㄟˋyounger sister; a female sibling younger than oneself; also used as a familiar or affectionate term for a young woman or one's wife in some contexts
- 姊姊older sister; elder sister; also used as a respectful term for a woman of similar age who is not a relative; in older usage, a wet nurse or mother
- 姊妹sisters; women of similar age or status; siblings (brothers and sisters); (archaic) prostitutes
- 姐妹ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋsisters; female siblings; close female friends; women of similar age or status; female members of the same religious group.
- 夫妻倆ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄌㄧㄚˇhusband and wife; the married couple; two spouses together.
- 他倆ㄊㄚ ㄌㄧㄚˇthe two of them; they two (referring to two people).
- 師姊ㄕ ㄗˇsenior female fellow student or disciple (in a school, martial arts, or religious context); used especially in Buddhist or martial-arts communities.
- 兄妹ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄟˋbrothers and sisters; siblings of mixed genders; a brother and a sister.
- 阿妹ㄚ ㄇㄟˋyounger sister; a term of address for one's younger sister
- 大姊ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇeldest sister; a respectful term for an older woman of the same generation
- 小妹ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄟˋyoungest sister; younger sister; also used to address a young female server or waitress.
- 學弟妹ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˋjunior classmates; underclassmen; students in lower grades at the same school