How to pronounce xiao jie (小姐) in Chinese
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小姐
xiǎo jie
Characters & meanings
small; tiny
older sister
Common mistake
The x- is palatal (tongue tip down, light "sh"), and the word is built from two third tones — in careful speech that triggers sandhi, in casual speech jie just goes neutral.
Tone change in this word
Underlying third + third: pronounced fully it becomes xiáojiě by third-tone sandhi; in everyday speech 姐 reduces to neutral (xiǎojie).
Example sentence
王小姐是老师。
Wáng xiǎojie shì lǎoshī.
Miss Wang is a teacher.
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