| 姐妹 | jiě mèi | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 大姐 | dà jiě | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 姐夫 | jiě fu | (coll.) older sister's husband | |
| 表姐 | biǎo jiě | older female cousin via female line | |
| 师姐 | shī jiě | senior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher |
| 1 | She loves you more than your sister or me. | |
| 2 | As we were getting in the car, I asked my sister if she had seen anything last night. | |
| 3 | One of my sisters is a doctor and the other one teaches at a university. | |
| 4 | His older sister. | |
| 5 | Ask my sister, she will sort you out. |
