half-sister
/ˈhɑːf sɪstə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæf sɪstər/ (ame, ipa)
half-sister — noun
1. a female relative connected to you through just one birth parent — your mother o
a female relative connected to you through just one birth parent — your mother or your father, not both
Takeshi grew up with his half-sister Yuki, who shares his father but not his mother.
paternal half-sister: same father, different mother
When Anong visited her father's new family, she met her half-sister for the first time.
Darius and his half-sister Brooke discovered they had the same mother through a DNA test.
Isabela asked her half-sister Anjali to be the maid of honor at her wedding.
After the divorce, Leo's half-sister moved in with them every other weekend.
- stepsister
not a true synonym — a stepsister is unrelated by blood, whereas a half-sister shares one biological parent
- sister
a full sister shares both biological parents
用法筆記
Distinguish from stepsister: a half-sister is related by blood through one parent, whereas a stepsister has no blood relation — her parent married one of yours. Paternal half-sister (same father) and maternal half-sister (same mother) specify which side.