chị
you or I · older sister
Typed without accents: chi
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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you or I
pronounA woman a little older than you: you call her chị and yourself em, and she calls herself chị.
Chị ơi! is also how you call over a waitress or a woman at a stall.
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Excuse me, an iced tea for me, please. (to a woman a bit older)
A1Grammar: You and I are family words: anh, chị, em, cô, chú, ba / mẹ and con, thầy / cô and em
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older sister
nounVietnamese always says which: chị is an older sister, em gái a younger one.
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