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