弟兄
Chinese
younger brother | elder brother | ||
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simp. and trad. (弟兄) | 弟 | 兄 | |
anagram | 兄弟 |
Pronunciation
Noun
弟兄
- younger brother and elder brother; brothers
- (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
- after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 2, page 134:
- 別說後來不看見 儻有再相逢的日子 豈不都是好弟兄麽
- 벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉마
bie siuie hyu lei bu kan gien; taq 'iu jai siaq puq di zi jy; ci bu du si hao di hiuq ma
뼈ᇹᄉᆑᇹᅘᅳᇢ래부ᇹ컨견 탕이ᇢ재샹ᄬᅮᆼ디ᇹᅀᅵᇹ즈ᇫ 켸부ᇹ두씨ᇫ하ᇢ뎨ᄒᆔᆼ뭐
bbiex siuiex hhyw lai bux ken gien; taq 'iw jai siaq vvuq dix zix jyz; kiei bux du ssiz haw diei hiuiq mue - Do not say that we will not see [each other] again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?
- 벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉마
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- (religion) brother (Classifier: 位 m c; 個/个 m c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兄弟 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 哥兒, 弟兄 |
Taiwan | 兄弟 | |
Jinan | 弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟 | |
Xi'an | 弟兄 | |
Wuhan | 弟兄, 兄弟 | |
Chengdu | 弟兄 | |
Yangzhou | 弟兄 | |
Hefei | 弟兄, 兄弟 | |
Malaysia | 兄弟 | |
Singapore | 兄弟 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 兄弟 |
Hong Kong | 兄弟 | |
Taishan | 兄弟 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 兄弟 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 兄弟 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 兄弟 |
Hakka | Meixian | 兄弟 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兄弟 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兄弟 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兄弟 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兄弟 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兄弟 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兄弟 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 兄弟 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 兄弟, 兄弟哥 |
Matsu | 兄弟哥 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 兄弟 |
Quanzhou | 兄弟 | |
Zhangzhou | 兄弟 | |
Taipei | 兄弟 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 兄弟 | |
Kaohsiung | 兄弟 | |
Yilan | 兄弟 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 兄弟 | |
Taichung | 兄弟仔 | |
Tainan | 兄弟 | |
Hsinchu | 兄弟仔 | |
Kinmen | 兄弟 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 兄弟 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 兄弟 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 兄弟 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 兄弟, 兄弟仔 | |
Chaozhou | 兄弟 | |
Shantou | 兄弟 | |
Haifeng | 兄弟 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 兄弟 | |
Wenchang | 兄弟 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 兄弟 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 弟兄 |
Wenzhou | 兄弟 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
Shuangfeng | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
Derived terms
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