SISTER  姐妹

FEMALE SIBLING.
SIBLINGINFORMAL SISSIB
Antonym
Hypernym
  • SIBLINGRELATIVE as DIRECT OFFSPRING BIRTH:born from the SAME PARENTS.
    • RELATIVESHUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
See also
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

HUMAN AFFAIRS 16. 姐姐。

姊，男子、女子稱同胞中年長於己身的女性，通稱。

姒， “ 姊 ” 的音轉詞，主要為同嫁妹對姊之稱。

嬃，楚方言詞。

HUMAN AFFAIRS 17. 妹妹。

妹，男子稱年幼於己身的同胞女性，通稱。

弟，男女稱其妹，敘稱。

娣，姐姐稱妹妹。

媦， “ 妹 ” 的音轉詞，方言詞。

Modern Chinese Criteria
姐

阿姐

姐姐

姊

阿姊

女兄

令姐

賢姊

貴姊

家姐

家姊

妹

阿妹

妹妹

妹子

娣

令妹

令賢妹

舍妹

小妹

姐妹

姊妹

姐兒

first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.45

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 348

    273. Sibi ipsi contrarius Isidorus supra. (See BROTHER)

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    273. Inter Germanam et sororem. Soror enim ab eodem germine, non ab eodem utero; germana vero ex utriusque manans germine.

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 61

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 64

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 72A

Words

姊  zǐ OC: tsiʔ MC: tsi 16 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • ntelder sister; eldest sister 其姊
姊妹  zǐ mèi OC: tsiʔ mɯɯds MC: tsi muo̝i 13 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • NP[post-N]one's sister
  • NP[post-N]pluralone's sisters
妹  mèi OC: mɯɯds MC: muo̝i 4 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • ntrelationalyounger sister; youngest sister
娣  dì OC: liilʔ MC: dei 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nyounger sister married to the same husband
女弟  nǚ dì MC: nrjoX dejX OC: naʔ liilʔTW 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPpost-NN's younger sisterTW
弟  dì MC: dejX OC: liilʔDS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • npost-N.=Nprhis/her younger sister NprDS
姉  jié MC: -- OC: -- 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nelder sister 姊
媦  wèi OC: ɢuds MC: ɦɨi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ntGY: younger sister
嬃  xū OC: so MC: si̯o 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ntCC: elder sister
妹娣  mèi dì OC: mɯɯds liilʔ MC: muo̝i dei 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralsisters
阿妹  ā mèi OC: qlaal mɯɯds MC: ʔɑ muo̝i 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP(post-N)the younger sister

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: