sister
in Vietnamese em gái / chị gái
BrE /ˈsɪstə(r)/ AmE /ˈsɪstər/
noun en → vi
em gái / chị gái
a woman or girl who has the same mother and father as you, or one of your parents
- my sister
Collocations elder sister · younger sister
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My sister is a doctor.
Em gái tôi là bác sĩ.
chị dâu / em chồng
a woman or girl who has the same mother as you but not the same father, or a man or boy who has the same father as you but not the same mother
- half-sister
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She has a half-sister from her father's marriage.
Cô ấy có một người chị dâu từ cuộc hôn nhân của bố cô ấy.
đồng nữ tu / chị em trong tu viện
a woman or girl who is a member of the same religious community as you, especially in a convent
- sister in a convent
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She became a sister in the convent.
Cô ấy đã trở thành một nữ tu trong tu viện.
chị dâu / vợ em trai
a woman or girl who is part of your family by marriage, especially the wife of one of your brothers
- sister-in-law
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My sister-in-law is a great cook.
Chị dâu tôi nấu ăn rất ngon.
người bạn thân như chị em
a woman or girl who you are very close to, like a sister
- sister in the sense of being close friends
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She's like a sister to me.
Cô ấy giống như một người chị em thân thiết với tôi.
em gái nuôi / chị gái nuôi
a woman or girl who is part of your family by adoption, especially the daughter of one of your parents adopted when she was a child
- adopted sister
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She was adopted by my parents when she was a baby.
Cô ấy đã được bố mẹ tôi nhận nuôi khi còn là một đứa trẻ sơ sinh.
em gái đỡ đầu / chị gái đỡ đầu
a woman or girl who is part of your family by foster care, especially the daughter of one of your parents raised in their home but not adopted
- foster sister
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She was raised by my parents as a foster child.
Cô ấy đã được bố mẹ tôi nuôi dưỡng như một đứa trẻ mồ côi.
em gái kế / chị gái kế
a woman or girl who is part of your family by step-parenting, especially the daughter of one of your parents from a previous marriage
- step-sister
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She is my step-sister from my father's second marriage.
Cô ấy là em gái kế của tôi từ cuộc hôn nhân thứ hai của bố tôi.