sister

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in Vietnamese em gái / chị gái

BrE /ˈsɪstə(r)/ AmE /ˈsɪstər/

noun en → vi

1 RELATIONSHIP [singular] A1

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

  • My sister is a doctor.

    Em gái tôi là bác sĩ.

2 RELATIONSHIP [singular] B1

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
  • 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.

3 RELATIONSHIP [singular] C1

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
  • She became a sister in the convent.

    Cô ấy đã trở thành một nữ tu trong tu viện.

4 RELATIONSHIP [singular] B2

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
  • My sister-in-law is a great cook.

    Chị dâu tôi nấu ăn rất ngon.

5 RELATIONSHIP [singular] B2

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
  • She's like a sister to me.

    Cô ấy giống như một người chị em thân thiết với tôi.

6 RELATIONSHIP [singular] C1

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
  • 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.

7 RELATIONSHIP [singular] C1

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
  • 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.

8 RELATIONSHIP [singular] C1

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
  • 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.