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lilian_cho August 17 2011, 01:14:56 UTC
"Jie jie" (姐姐) = older sister, "Yi yi" (姨姨) = aunt (mother's sister)

If you use the person's Chinese name it'd be: "Ayuan-jie" and "Ashan-yi" (if their given names are Yuanzhu and Lishan, for example). I guess with English names "Irene-jie" and "Catherine-yi" would be weird. IDK.

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lilian_cho August 17 2011, 01:18:06 UTC
Actually...I think I've heard people do it in the opposite way before, so "Nicholas-ge ge" or "Irene-jie jie." Both ordering are right depending on where you come from, probably?

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