VocabularyHSK 3 · core

小姐

xiǎojiě

miss

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

小姐,请问。
Excuse me, miss.
王小姐。
Miss Wang.

Collocations

王小姐一位小姐

Mnemonic

小姐 xiǎojiě "miss, young lady" — 小 + 姐 (older sister). Originally polite for young women; in mainland China, modern usage may carry sex-work euphemism, so 美女 měinǚ or 女士 nǚshì are safer alternatives. In Taiwan/HK, still polite.

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Safer female address in mainland?