English
Noun
older sister (plural older sisters )
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older , sister . (This entry is a translation hub .)
Coordinate term: older brother
Antonyms: younger brother , younger sister
Translations
single-word translations
Ainu: サポ ( sapo )
Assamese: বা ( ba ) , বাই ( bai ) , বাইদেউ ( baideu ) ( polite )
Baba Malay: taci
Burmese: အမ (my) ( a.ma. ) , အစ်မ (my) ( acma. )
Central Dusun: taka
Chinese:
Cantonese: 家姐 ( gaa1 ze2-1 ) , 姐姐 ( ze2-4 ze2-1 )
Dungan: җеҗе ( ži͡əži͡ə )
Mandarin: 姐姐 (zh) ( jiějie ) , 姊姊 (zh) ( zǐzǐ )
Min Nan: 大姊 ( tōa-chí ) , 阿姊 (zh-min-nan) ( a-chí )
Wu: 姐姐 ( jia jia ) , 阿姐 ( aq jia; aq ji )
Chuvash: йӑмӑк ( jămăk )
Ewe: daa
Guaraní: eindy ( of a male ) ; ykéra , yke ( of a female )
Hindi: दीदी (hi) f ( dīdī )
Hungarian: nővér (hu) , ( archaic ) néne
Indonesian: kakak (id)
Javanese: mbak f
Sundanese: tétéh , raka f
Italian: tata (it) f
Japanese: 姉 (ja) ( あね, ane ) , お姉さん (ja) ( おねえさん, onēsan ) ( honorific ) , 姉ちゃん ( ねえちゃん, nēchan ) ( familiar )
Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ (kn) ( akka )
Kapampangan: atsi , achi
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Korean: 누나 (ko) ( nuna ) ( of a male ) , 언니 (ko) ( eonni ) ( of a female )
Kunigami: しじゃー ( shijā )
Kyrgyz: эже (ky) ( eje )
Lao: ເອື້ອຍ ( ʼư̄a nya )
Malay: kakak (ms)
Malayalam: സഹോദരി (ml) ( sahōdari )
Maori: tuahine ( of a male ) , tuakana ( of a female )
Mongolian: эгч (mn) ( egč )
Northern Amami-Oshima: せざ ( seza )
Okinawan: しーじゃ ( shīja ) , しーじゃをぅない ( shīja wunai ) ( of a male ) , 女子しーじゃ ( ゐなぐしーじゃ, winagu shīja ) , うふあばー ( ufu abā ) ( oldest sister; used by commoners ) , うふんみー ( ufunmī ) ( oldest sister of a shizoku )
Sinhalese: අක්කා ( akkā )
Sotho: ausi
Tagalog: ate (tl)
Tamil: அக்கா (ta) ( akkā )
Taos: tùtúna
Tatar: апа (tt) ( apa )
Telugu: అక్క (te) ( akka )
Turkish: abla (tr)
Uyghur: ئاچا (ug) ( acha ) , ھەدە ( hede )
Vietnamese: chị (vi)
Yaeyama: しじゃ ( shija )
Yonaguni: すだ ( suda )
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