[ **up: [[Chinese language--Honorifics]]** ] --- # Xiǎojiĕ 小姐 (Little Older Sister – Negative) > \[…] just saying 小姐 (xiăojiĕ) is an insult that’s equivalent to calling a woman “prostitute” and calling an older woman, who you would normally refer to as A Yi (Auntie), by jiejie (older sister) would result in your getting slapped.[^1] - *See also:* [[Xiăo jiĕjie 小姐姐 (Chinese honorific)]] [^1]: Xi Zixu, *[[Xi Zixu. 'Kaleidoscope of Death', 2018.|Kaleidoscope of Death]]*, trans. Taida Translations, 2020, chapter 31, https://taidatranslations.wordpress.com/kaleidoscope-of-death/kod-chapter-31/.