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Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
Miss, young lady, Ms, Ms.
Chinese characters:
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小姐 ( xiaojie / xiăojiĕ ) is composed of these characters:
小 (xiao)
, 姐 (jie)
The traditional Chinese characters of xiăojiĕ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 小姐 ( xiaojie / xiăojiĕ ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Zhang xiaojie shi yi wei laoshi.
Zhāng xiăojiĕ shì yī wèi lăoshī. – English translation: Miss Zhang is a teacher.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
small | woman
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.