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  3. 姐
HSK 1noun

姐

jiě

姐 (jiě) means “older sister”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

我姐在北京工作。

Wǒ jiě zài Běijīng gōngzuò.

My older sister works in Beijing.

Words containing 姐

姐姐jiě jieolder sister小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss; (slang) prostitute姐妹jiě mèisisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)大姐dà jiěbig sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 姐 mean?
姐 (jiě) means “older sister”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 姐 pronounced?
姐 is pronounced “jiě” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 姐?
姐 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 姐?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 姐 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18