HSK 1 · People & pronouns

小姐

xiǎo jiě

Miss; young lady

Stroke order of 小姐

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

小 · 3 strokes 姐 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

A small '小' woman '女' — the young lady, Miss.

Parts: 小 small + 姐 elder sister (女 woman + 且 phonetic)

The characters in 小姐

小 xiǎo — small; little (3 strokes)
姐 jiě — older sister (8 strokes)

Example sentence

李小姐，你好！

Hello, Miss Li!

Words with 小

小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 小时hour 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 小small; little 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 中小学primary and secondary schools 小组group 小说novel 小声in a low voice 大小size 小心careful; to be careful

Words with 姐

姐older sister 姐姐older sister

More words: People & pronouns

我I; me 我们we; us 你you 你们you (plural)您you (polite)他he; him 他们they; them 她she; her 她们they (female)们(plural suffix)谁who 人person; people 别人other people 先生Mr.; sir

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