弟妹

Chinese

		younger brother	younger sister
trad. (弟妹)		弟	妹
simp. #(弟妹)		弟	妹
anagram		妹弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ mui⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): di³ mei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìmèi
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: dì-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihmey
    • Palladius: димэй (dimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ mui⁶
    • Yale: daih muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² muːi̯²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: di³ mei³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵ mei⁴⁵/

Noun

弟妹

1. younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling
2. (colloquial) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		弟婦, 弟媳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Taiwan	弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦
	Chengde	兄弟媳婦兒
	Chifeng	弟妹, 弟媳婦
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	弟妹
	Heihe	弟妹
	Qiqihar	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Harbin	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Jiamusi	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Baicheng	弟妹
	Changchun	弟妹, 姊妹
	Tonghua	弟妹
	Shenyang	弟妹
	Jinzhou	弟妹
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	弟妹
	Tangshan	兄弟媳婦兒
	Cangzhou	弟妹
	Baoding	弟妹
	Shijiazhuang	兄弟媳婦
	Lijin	弟妹
	Jinan	兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	弟妹
	Dandong	弟妹
	Yantai	弟妹
	Yantai (Muping)	弟妹子
	Qingdao	兄弟媳婦兒
	Zhucheng	兄弟媳子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	弟妹
	Lingbao	弟妹
	Jining	兄弟媳婦
	Wanrong	兄弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
	Linfen	弟媳婦
	Shangqiu	弟妹
	Yuanyang	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Zhengzhou	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Xinyang	弟妹
	Baihe	弟妹
	Xi'an	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
	Baoji	弟妹
	Tianshui	弟媳婦
	Xining	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Xuzhou	兄弟媳婦兒, 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹
	Fuyang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	弟妻, 弟妹, 弟妻媳婦兒 Hui
	Lanzhou	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦
	Dunhuang	弟媳婦, 兄弟家
	Hami	弟妹
	Ürümqi	弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Dazhou	弟媳, 妹兒
	Hanyuan	弟妹
	Xichang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
	Zigong	兄弟媳婦
	Chongqing	兄弟媳婦兒
	Wuhan	弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Yichang	弟媳
	Xiangyang	弟妹
	Tianmen	弟妹
	Guiyang	兄弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹
	Zunyi	兄弟媳婦
	Bijie	兄弟姊妹
	Liping	弟妹
	Zhaotong	弟妹, 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦
	Dali	兄弟媳婦
	Kunming	弟妹
	Mengzi	弟妹
	Guilin	弟妹
	Liuzhou	老弟嫂
	Jishou	弟妹
	Changde	弟妹
	Hanzhong	弟妹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	弟媳婦
	Yangzhou	弟媳婦, 弟媳婦子
	Lianyungang	弟媳, 兄弟媳婦, 兄媳婦
	Lianshui	弟媳婦
	Nantong	弟妹
	Anqing	弟妹
	Wuhu	弟媳婦
	Hefei	弟媳婦
	Hong'an	兄弟媳婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	弟婦, 弟嫂, 弟媳, 弟嬸, 阿妗
	Hong Kong	弟婦, 弟嫂, 阿妗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	弟婦
	Macau	弟婦
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	弟婦
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嬸仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嬸
	Foshan	阿妗
	Foshan (Shunde)	弟婦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	嬸氏
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	弟婦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	弟婦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	弟婦
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿嫂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	小嬸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	小嬸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嫂
	Taishan	阿嫂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嫂
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嫂
	Heshan (Yayao)	弟婦
	Dongguan	弟婦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	弟婦, 阿嫂
	Yangjiang	弟嬸, 小嬸
Gan	Nanchang	老弟新婦, 老弟媳婦, 弟媳婦
	Lichuan	弟嫂
	Pingxiang	老弟嫂
Hakka	Meixian	老弟心臼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嬸仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老弟心臼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老弟心臼
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	老弟心臼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嬸仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	弟婦
	Yudu	弟婦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老弟心臼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老弟心臼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老弟嫂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老弟新婦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老弟新婦
Huizhou	Jixi	弟婦
	Shexian	弟妹
Jin	Taiyuan	弟媳婦, 弟妹, 弟媳婦子
	Yangyuan	弟妹, 小嬸兒
	Xinzhou	兄弟姊妹, 小嬸子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	兄弟媳婦
	Changzhi	小嬸子
	Linhe	兄弟家
	Jining	兄弟家
	Hohhot	兄弟家, 兄弟媳婦
	Erenhot	兄弟家
	Pingshan	兄弟媳婦兒
	Zhangjiakou	弟妹, 小嬸子
	Handan	弟妹
	Suide	兄弟媳婦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	弟新婦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	弟新婦, 弟人
Southern Min	Xiamen	小嬸
	Quanzhou	小嬸
	Jinjiang	小嬸
	Zhangzhou	小嬸, 細妗仔
	Taipei	小嬸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Kaohsiung	弟婦仔
	Yilan	弟婦仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	小嬸, 弟婦仔
	Taichung	弟婦仔, 小嬸
	Tainan	妗仔, 弟婦仔
	Hsinchu	小嬸
	Kinmen	小嬸
	Manila (Hokkien)	小嬸
	Chaozhou	小姆
	Shantou	弟嫂
	Leizhou	嬸娘
	Haikou	群嬸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	弟婦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細嬸
Wu	Shanghai	弟新婦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	弟妹, 弟新婦
	Suzhou	弟新婦
	Danyang	弟新婦
	Hangzhou	弟媳婦
	Ningbo	弟新婦
	Wenzhou	弟新婦
	Jinhua	弟婦
Xiang	Changsha	老弟媳婦, 老弟嫂, 弟媳婦
	Loudi	老弟嫂
	Shuangfeng	老弟嫂
	Hengyang	老弟媳婦
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	弟婦
	Dong'an	阿弟媳婦
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	弟嫂
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	叔娒
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	阿嬸
	Renhua (Shitang)	老弟嫂, 阿嬸
	Renhua (Songwei, Guitou)	小嬸
	Lechang (Changlai)	安嬸
	Lechang (Beixiang)	弟嫂
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	老弟嫂
	Lechang (Sanxi)	老弟嫂

Dialectal synonyms of 弟婦 (“sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)”) [map]

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弟妹):

• → Japanese: 弟妹(ていまい) (teimai)
• → Korean: 제매(弟妹) (jemae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弟	妹
てい Grade: 2	まい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てーまい [tèémáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːma̠i]

Noun

弟(てい)妹(まい) • (teimai) 

1. younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling

See also

• 兄姉(けいし) (keishi, “elder sibling”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN