表姐 (biǎo jiě) — older female maternal cousin (or paternal aunt's daughter, with a different surname)
Definition
A cousin term: the older female cousin on your mother's side (or your father's sister's daughter) — outside your own surname. Use 姐姐 only for an older sister; 表 marks the cousin/outside-surname relation.
noun
older female maternal cousin (or paternal aunt's daughter, with a different surname)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 表姐。Wǒ de biǎo jiě bǐ wǒ dà liǎng suì.My older female cousin is two years older than me.
- 表姐。biǎo jiě Zhōu mò lái wǒ jiā zuò kè.My older female cousin came to my house for a visit on the weekend.
- 表姐。Wǒ hé biǎo jiě cóng xiǎo jiù yì qǐ zhǎng dà.My older female cousin and I grew up together since childhood.
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