老大姐

Chinese

		old; eldest among the siblings	older sister
trad. (老大姐)		老大	姐
simp. #(老大姐)		老大	姐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodàjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodàjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàjiě
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ta⁴-chieh³
    • Yale: lǎu-dà-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodahjiee
    • Palladius: лаодацзе (laodacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

老大姐

1. a respectful term of address for a woman who is older but in the same generation as the speaker; big sister

Related terms

• 老大哥 (lǎodàgē)
• 老大爺／老大爷 (lǎodàye)
• 老大娘 (lǎodàniáng)
• 老大媽／老大妈 (lǎodàmā)