Gonzalo Madrid
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jiějie o jiě Nihao! What is the difference in use between jiějie and jiě? I understand they both mean older sister but when to use one or the other? Xièxie
Feb 11, 2020 11:42 AM
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Give you some context to understand these two words. 1. Formally people use jiě jiě to introduce or tell a fact. zhè shì wǒ jiě jiě。This is my older sister. wǒ yǒu yī gè jiě jiě。I have an oder sister. 2. To use within in the family or with close friends. wǒ shì nǐ jiě。 I'm your older sister. nǐ jiě ne? Where's your older sister? 3. To make it more amiable people use jiě jiě. For example the hostess in a children's show called yàn zǐ jiě jiě. To show more respect people use jiě after their family name to call older female or supervisors at work. For example zhāng jiě, lǐ jiě.
February 13, 2020
Thank you for your answers. Let me tell you you are using the comment option instead of the Answer option so I cannot point out the best answer.
February 12, 2020
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February 12, 2020
no much difficult. If express "my sister" in spoken Chinese, we usually say "wo de jiejie(我的姐姐)"、"wo jiejie(我姐姐)、"wo jie(我姐),we usually don't say "wo de jie"(我的姐)". Usually children say jiejie and adult say jie,but this is not very strict.
February 11, 2020
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