# 阿姊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āzǐ, ājiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄗˇ, ㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ zi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): â-chí / â-chè / â-che
    (Hailu, HRS): a$^˖$ ze
    (Meixian, Guangdong): a$^1$ ji$^3$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a$^1$ zi$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-chí / a-ché / á-chí / á-ché
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: azǐh
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: ā-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: atzyy
*** Palladius: ацзы (aczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ājiě
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ajiě
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$-chieh$^3$
*** Yale: ā-jyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ajiee
*** Palladius: ацзе (acze)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$阿姊 阿姐
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: a jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-chí / â-chè
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ ji$^ˋ$ / a$^ˊ$ ze$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ ji$^3$ / a$^1$ ze$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ t͡si³¹/, /a²⁴ t͡se¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-che
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^ˊ$ ze
*** Hagfa Pinyim: a$^1$ ze$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡se⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: a$^˖$ ze
*** Sinological IPA: /a³³ t͡se⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: a$^1$ ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡si³¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: a$^1$ zi$^3$ [Phonetic: a$^5$ li$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$li⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: a$^1$ zi$^3$ [Phonetic: a$^5$ li$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$li³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: a$^1$ zi$^3$ [Phonetic: a$^5$ zi$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: a$^1$ zi$^3$ [Phonetic: a$^5$ zi$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵³³⁻²¹ t͡si³³²/
* with initial assimilation - "concubine";
* without initial assimilation - "elder sister".

### Noun

阿姊
* (Hokkien) eldest sister
* (literary or Hakka, Puxian Min, Southern Min) elder sister; big sister
* (Hokkien) respectful term of address for an elder sister: sis
* (Hokkien) respectful term of address by a mistress to their male lover's legal wife
* (Hokkien) respectful term of address by a child to their father's mistress
* (Philippine Hokkien, familiar) respectful honorific used before a name for an elder sister or any young female older than oneself: Miss; Sister (used before a name)
* (Puxian Min) concubine

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 姊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 大姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 大姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 姐姐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 姐姐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姐姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姐姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 姐姐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姐姐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 姐姐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 姐姐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姐姐, 阿姐 Hui |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姐, 阿姐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姐姐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 姐姐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姐姐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姐姐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 姐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姐姐, 家姐, 阿姐, 大姊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 家姐, 姐姐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 大姊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿家 ><, 家姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿姐 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿大 ><, 姐姐 ><, 大姊 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 大姊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 家姐 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姐 >< |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 家姐 ><, 大姊 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿家 ><, 大姊 <> |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿姊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿家 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 家姐 ><, 大姊 <> |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大姊, 姊 >< |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 家姐, 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿姐, 大姐 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大姊, 大姐, 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿𡜵, 大𡜵 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 大姊, 姐姐 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 姐姐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 大姐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 阿姐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 大姐 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 姊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 家姐 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 阿姐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 霞姊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姐姐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Changting | 姊姊, 姊里 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 老姊 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 姊 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嫫姐 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 姐姐 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 姊姊 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 大姊 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 姊佬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿姐 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 大姊 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 姐 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 姊 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 阿姊 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿姊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姐姐, 姐 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 姐姐 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 姐兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 阿姐 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 姐姐 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 姐兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 姐, 姐姐 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 姐, 姐姐 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 姊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 大大 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姐姐, 姐姐啊, 呀姐 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Linhe | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Jining | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Baotou | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 姐姐 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 姐姐 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 姊仔, 姊姊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿姊 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿姊 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 姊仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 姊仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿姊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依姐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依姐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 阿姊 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 依姐 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 姐 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 姊哥 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 姊 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 阿姊 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 阿姊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 阿姊 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿姊, 阿姊仔, 姊仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姊, 姊 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 阿姊, 大姊 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 大姊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 姊 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俺姊 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姊, 姊, 姊姊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 大姊, 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 姐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 俺姐 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 姐 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 姐姐 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼姊 <>, 姊 >< |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 姐, 大姊, 阿姐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 阿姐, 大姊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 阿姐 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿姊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿咍, 阿姊 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 家 ><, 大姐 <> |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姐, 千金小 euphemistic |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 姊 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 姊 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 阿姊 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 阿姊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 姐姐, 阿姐, 姊姊, 阿姊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 阿姐, 姐姐 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿姐, 姐姐 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 阿姊, 姐姐 |
| Wu | Danyang | 姐姐 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 阿姐, 姐姐 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿姐, 阿姊, 姐姐, 姊姊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿姹, 阿姐 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姊姊兒, 姊姊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姐姐 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 姐姐, 姊姊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 姐姐 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姐姐 |
| Note | >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face | >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face |

#### Derived terms

* 隔腹阿姊

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: ace, acik
* → Kapampangan: atsi
* → Tagalog: ate, atsi