How to say ""언니"" in American English.

Korean

언니

American English

a female's older sister

언니-a female's older sister.svg

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More "높임말" Vocabulary in American English

계십니다-you are.svg

드십니다-you drink, eat.svg

잡수십니다

잡수십니다-you eat.svg

주무십니다

주무십니다-you sleep.svg

시장하십니다

시장하십니다-you are hungry.svg

a male's older brother

형-a male's older brother.svg

a male's older sister

누나-a male's older sister.svg

a female's older brother

오빠-a female's older brother.svg

senior colleagues or mentor

선배-senior colleagues or mentor.svg

후배-junior.svg

the most common honorific

-씨-the most common honorific.svg

the highest form of honorifics

-님-the highest form of honorifics.svg

진지-food.svg

humble form of "I"

저-humble form of "I".svg

How to say ""언니"" in American English and in 45 More languages.

Hungariannő nővére

Castilian Spanishla hermana mayor de una mujer

Japanese（女性の）姉

Frenchla sœur aînée d'une fille/femme

Mandarin Chinese女士的姐姐

Italianla sorella maggiore (di ragazza)

Germandie ältere Schwester einer Frau

Russianобращение младшей сестры к старшей

Brazilian Portugueseirmã mais velha de uma mulher

Arabicأخت كبرى (للأنثى)

Turkishbir kadının ablası

Norwegianen kvinnes eldre søster

Hindiएक महिला की बड़ी बहन

Vietnamesechị (xưng hô cho nữ)

Dutchde oudere zus van een vrouw

Indonesiankakak perempuan (dari seorang wanita)

British Englisha female's older sister

Mexican Spanishla hermana mayor de una mujer

European Portuguesea irmã mais velha de uma mulher

Thaiพี่สาวของผู้หญิง

Ukrainianстарша сестра у жінок

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