兄弟
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Chinese
Etymology
Dvandva of 兄 (xiōng, “older brother”) + 弟 (dì, “younger brother”)
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiong1 di4
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): xiǒngdi
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): xiòndi
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щүнди (xündi, I-I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hing1 dai6
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): heang1 doi3
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'xiang1 ti5 / 'xiung1 ti5
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xyng1 di3
- Northern Min (KCR): hiáng-dī
- Eastern Min (BUC): hiăng-diê
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): hiang1 dai6, wiang1 dai6
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1shion-di6 / 1shion-di6→li
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): xiong1 di5
- (Loudi, Wiktionary): xyn1 ddi5*
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): xin1 di
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngdì
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syongdì
- Wade–Giles: hsiung1-ti4
- Yale: syūng-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongdih
- Palladius: сюнди (sjundi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xiong1 di4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xyngdi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyoŋ⁵⁵ ti²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: xiǒngdi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyoŋ²¹ ti/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: xiòndi
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): xion1 di0
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕioŋ³¹ ti/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щүнди (xündi, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyŋ²⁴ ti²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hing1 dai6
- Yale: hīng daih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hing1 dai6
- Guangdong Romanization: hing1 dei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: heang1 doi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /həŋ²¹³ tɔi³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'xiang1 ti5 / 'xiung1 ti5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈɕiaŋ⁴² tʰi¹¹/, /ˈɕiuŋ⁴² tʰi¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng-thi
- Hakka Romanization System: hiungˊ ti
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiung1 ti4
- Sinological IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: hiungˋ ti˖
- Sinological IPA: /hiuŋ⁵³ tʰi³³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xyng1 di3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyŋ¹¹ ti⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hiáng-dī
- Sinological IPA (key): /xiaŋ⁵⁴ ti⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiăng-diê
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (t-)niɛ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-tē
- Tâi-lô: hing-tē
- Phofsit Daibuun: hengde
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-tě
- Tâi-lô: hing-tě
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ te²²/
Note:
- hiaⁿ-tī/hiaⁿ-tǐ - vernacular;
- heng-tē/heng-tě - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hian1 di6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiaⁿ tĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /hĩã³³⁻²³ ti³⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: hiang1 dai6, wiang1 dai6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiɐŋ⁵³ təi²²/, /βiɐŋ⁵³ təi²²/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: xiong1 di5
- Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³³ ti²¹⁻¹¹/
- Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /ɕin³³ ti²¹⁻¹¹/
- (Loudi)
- Wiktionary: xyn1 ddi5*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyn⁴⁴ di¹¹⁻¹/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: xin1 di
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁴⁴⁵ ti³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: xjwaeng dejX|dejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥raŋ lˤəjʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmraŋ diːlʔ|diːls/
Noun
兄弟
- (literal) brother
- (literal) brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
- (figurative) brothers; close friends; good friends (Classifier: 位 m)
- (neologism, fandom slang, chiefly masculine) term to address fellow/peer-netizens on social media platforms
- gangster
- (Cantonese) groomsman
Synonyms
- (brother):
- (groomsman): 伴郎 (bànláng)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “brother”): 姐妹 (jiěmèi)
Derived terms
- 三從兄弟 / 三从兄弟
- 兄弟兄弟，各人顧家己 / 兄弟兄弟，各人顾家己
- 兄弟共妻
- 兄弟刀槍刣，血予外人踏 / 兄弟刀枪刣，血予外人踏
- 兄弟如手足，妻子如衣服 (xiōngdì rú shǒuzú, qīzǐ rú yīfu)
- 兄弟如手足，毋免佮人約 / 兄弟如手足，毋免佮人约
- 兄弟姐妹 (xiōngdì jiěmèi)
- 兄弟姊妹 (xiōngdì zǐmèi)
- 兄弟市 (xiōngdìshì)
- 兄弟怡怡
- 兄弟是兄弟，過江照算錢 / 兄弟是兄弟，过江照算钱
- 兄弟會 / 兄弟会 (xiōngdìhuì)
- 兄弟若共心，烏塗變成金 / 兄弟若共心，乌涂变成金
- 兄弟鬩牆 / 兄弟阋墙 (xiōngdìxìqiáng)
- 內兄弟 / 内兄弟
- 同堂兄弟
- 同胞兄弟 (tóngbāo xiōngdì)
- 四海之內皆兄弟 / 四海之内皆兄弟 (sìhǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōngdì)
- 四海之内皆兄弟 (sìhǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōngdì)
- 四海皆兄弟
- 堂兄弟 (tángxiōngdì)
- 外兄弟
- 大兄弟
- 夫兄弟
- 如兄弟
- 好兄弟 (hǎoxiōngdì)
- 姻兄弟
- 嫡親兄弟 / 嫡亲兄弟
- 孿生兄弟 / 孪生兄弟 (luánshēng xiōngdì)
- 小兄弟
- 師兄弟 / 师兄弟
- 平原兄弟
- 庶兄弟
- 從兄弟 / 从兄弟 (cóngxiōngdì)
- 從兄弟門中 / 从兄弟门中
- 房分兄弟
- 打虎還得親兄弟 / 打虎还得亲兄弟
- 把兄弟 (bǎxiōngdì)
- 拜把兄弟
- 換帖兄弟 / 换帖兄弟
- 族兄弟
- 熱兄弟 / 热兄弟
- 異母兄弟 / 异母兄弟 (yìmǔ xiōngdì)
- 盟兄弟 (méngxiōngdì)
- 私兄弟
- 結拜兄弟 / 结拜兄弟 (jiébài xiōngdì)
- 義兄弟 / 义兄弟 (yìxiōngdì)
- 老兄弟
- 胞兄弟 (bāoxiōngdì)
- 腰鼓兄弟
- 至親兄弟 / 至亲兄弟
- 萊特兄弟 / 莱特兄弟
- 表兄弟 (biǎoxiōngdì)
- 親兄弟，明算帳 / 亲兄弟，明算帐 (qīn xiōngdì, míng suànzhàng)
- 謝家兄弟 / 谢家兄弟
- 譜兄弟 / 谱兄弟
- 遠兄弟 / 远兄弟
- 酒肉兄弟
- 陳摶的兄弟 / 陈抟的兄弟
- 靴兄弟
- 香火兄弟
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hing1 dai6
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'xiang1 ti5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiûng-thi
- Jin (Wiktionary): xyng1 di3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiaⁿ-tī / hiaⁿ-tǐ
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shion-di
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngdi
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ˙ㄉㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syongdi̊
- Wade–Giles: hsiung1-ti5
- Yale: syūng-di
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiong.di
- Palladius: сюнди (sjundi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥i²/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щүнди (xündi, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyŋ²⁴ ti²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hing1 dai6
- Yale: hīng daih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hing1 dai6
- Guangdong Romanization: hing1 dei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'xiang1 ti5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈɕiaŋ⁴² tʰi¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng-thi
- Hakka Romanization System: hiungˊ ti
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiung1 ti4
- Sinological IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xyng1 di3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyŋ¹¹ ti⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
兄弟
- (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, dialectal Wu, colloquial) younger brother
- (colloquial) my brother; bro (A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger)
Synonyms
Pronoun
兄弟
- A humble term of self-address used by a man to people of the same generation.
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