Definition

1. Noun:

   • Sisters: Refers to biological sisters or, more broadly, to a close, familial-like bond between women.
   • Women / Girls (collectively): Used to refer to a group of women or girls, often implying solidarity, shared experience, or membership in the same community.

2. Pronoun (Informal):

   • You (plural, feminine): A familiar, affectionate, or collective form of address for a group of women or girls.
   • They (plural, feminine): Used to refer to a group of women or girls in the third person.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Hai chị em tôi rất thân thiết. (My two sisters are very close.)
  • Các chị em trong câu lạc bộ cùng nhau hỗ trợ. (The women in the club support each other.)

• Pronoun:

  • Chị em có khỏe không? (How are you all doing? - addressing women)
  • Chị em ấy đang học bài. (They [those women/girls] are studying.)

Advanced Usage

• "chị em gái": Specifically means "sisters" (female siblings).

  • Chị em gái cô ấy đều sống ở Hà Nội. (Her sisters all live in Hanoi.)

• "tình chị em": Sisterly love or the bond between women.

  • Họ có một tình chị em sâu sắc. (They share a deep sisterly bond.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chị em bạn dì (n): Cousins (specifically children of sisters); metaphorically, a distant or not-very-close relationship.

  • Họ chỉ là chị em bạn dì thôi. (They are just distant relatives / not very close.)

• Chị em đôi (n): Twin sisters.

  • Cặp chị em đôi đó giống hệt nhau. (That pair of twin sisters look identical.)

Synonyms

• Sisters: Female siblings.
• Womenfolk: A collective term for women.
• Gals / Girls (colloquial): Informal terms for a group of women.

Related Idioms

• Chị em nắm tay nhau: Sisters join hands; signifies women uniting and supporting each other.

  • Trong khó khăn, chị em phải nắm tay nhau. (In difficult times, women must join hands.)

• Chị em một nhà: Sisters of the same house; refers to women within the same family, organization, or close-knit group.

  • Chúng ta là chị em một nhà, nên giúp đỡ lẫn nhau. (We are sisters of the same house, so we should help each other.)

1. Sisters (young women fellow members of the same communitỵ.)
   • giúp đỡ chị em có con mọn
     to help these of our sisters with small children