義兄

義兄

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	elder brother
trad. (義兄)		義	兄
simp. (义兄)		义	兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshiong
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ hing¹
    • Yale: yih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 二兄 義兄／义兄

Noun

義兄

1. sworn elder brother

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 契阿兄

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	兄
ぎ Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 義兄

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ぎけー [gìkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡʲike̞ː]

Noun

義兄 (hiragana ぎけい, rōmaji gikei)

1. brother-in-law (spouse's elder brother or elder sister's husband)
2. sworn elder brother

Synonyms

• (sworn elder brother): 兄分 (あにぶん) (anibun)

Antonyms

• (sworn elder brother): 弟分 (おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義 (ぎ)弟 (てい) (gitei)

Hypernyms

• (sworn elder brother): 兄弟分 (きょうだいぶん) (kyōdaibun), 義兄弟 (ぎきょうだい) (gikyōdai)

See also

• 義 (ぎ)親 (しん) (gishin)
• 義 (ぎ)父 (ふ) (gifu)
• 義 (ぎ)母 (ぼ) (gibo)
• 義 (ぎ)姉 (し) (gishi)
• 義 (ぎ)弟 (てい) (gitei)
• 義 (ぎ)妹 (まい) (gimai)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN