兄弟

Chinese
elder brother younger brother
simp. and trad.
(兄弟)		 兄 弟
anagram 弟兄

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • hiaⁿ-tī/hiaⁿ-tǐ - vernacular;
  • heng-tē/heng-tě - literary.

Noun

兄弟

  1. (literally) brother
  2. (literally) brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
  3. (figuratively) brothers; close friends; good friends
  4. gangster
  5. (Dungan, also) younger brother

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Cantonese Guangzhou 兄弟
Hong Kong 兄弟
Taishan 兄弟
Gan Nanchang 兄弟
Hakka Meixian 兄弟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兄弟
Liudui (S. Sixian) 兄弟
Hsinchu (Hailu) 兄弟
Dongshi (Dabu) 兄弟
Hsinchu (Raoping) 兄弟
Yunlin (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
Kaohsiung 兄弟
Tainan 兄弟
Taichung 兄弟仔
Hsinchu 兄弟仔
Lukang 兄弟
Sanxia 兄弟
Yilan 兄弟
Kinmen 兄弟
Magong 兄弟
Philippines (Manila) 兄弟, 兄弟仔
Chaozhou 兄弟
Wu Suzhou 弟兄
Wenzhou 兄弟
Xiang Changsha 弟兄, 兄弟
Shuangfeng 弟兄, 兄弟
Derived terms
Derived terms from 兄弟

Pronunciation 2

Noun

兄弟

  1. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, dialectal Wu, colloquial) younger brother
  2. (colloquial) A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger.
    兄弟，我今天請客。 / 兄弟，我今天请客。  ―  Xiōngdì, wǒ jīntiān qǐngkè.  ―  My brother, it's my treat today.
    兄弟，我今仔日請人。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
    兄弟，我今仔日请人。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
    Hiaⁿ-tī, góa kin-á-ji̍t chhiáⁿ-lâng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    My brother, it's my treat today.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 弟弟
Mandarin Beijing 兄弟, 弟弟
Taiwan 弟弟
Harbin 兄弟, 弟弟
Jinan 兄弟, 弟弟
Muping 兄兒, 兄弟
Luoyang 兄弟
Wanrong 兄弟 male speaker, 弟子 female speaker
Xi'an 兄弟
Xining 兄弟, 弟弟
Xuzhou 弟弟, 兄弟
Yinchuan 兄弟
Ürümqi 弟弟, 兄弟, 富康子
Wuhan 弟弟, 兄弟
Chengdu 弟娃兒, 兄弟, 弟弟
Guiyang 弟, 兄弟, 弟弟 childish
Liuzhou 弟, 阿弟, 老弟
Yangzhou 兄弟, 弟弟
Nanjing 弟弟, 兄弟
Hefei 兄弟, 弟弟
Nantong 弟子
Cantonese Guangzhou 細佬, 弟弟
Hong Kong 細佬, 弟弟
Taishan 細
Dongguan 細佬, 弟弟
Yangjiang 小弟
Gan Nanchang 老弟, 兄弟
Lichuan 弟
Pingxiang 老弟
Hakka Meixian 老弟, 老弟仔
Xingning 老弟, 老弟里
Huidong (Daling) 老弟
Qujiang 老弟
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 老弟
Changting 老弟
Pingyu 老弟子
Wuping 老弟
Liancheng 老弟
Ninghua 老弟
Yudu 老弟
Ruijin 老弟
Shicheng 老弟
Shangyou 老弟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老弟
Liudui (S. Sixian) 老弟
Hsinchu (Hailu) 老弟
Dongshi (Dabu) 老弟
Hsinchu (Raoping) 老弟
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿弟
Sabah 老弟
Huizhou Jixi 弟
Jin Taiyuan 兄弟, 弟弟
Xinzhou 兄弟
Min Bei Jian'ou 弟仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 依弟 face-to-face, 弟
Min Nan Xiamen 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Quanzhou 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Zhangzhou 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Taipei 小弟
Kaohsiung 小弟
Penang 小弟, 阿棣
Philippines (Manila) 小弟
Chaozhou 阿弟
Haikou 老弟 non-face-to-face, 阿弟 face-to-face
Leizhou 老弟
Pinghua Nanning 老弟
Wu Shanghai 弟弟, 阿弟
Suzhou 兄弟, 弟弟
Hangzhou 阿弟, 弟弟
Wenzhou 阿弟
Chongming 兄弟
Danyang 弟子
Jinhua 弟
Ningbo 阿弟, 弟弟 face-to-face
Xiang Changsha 老弟, 弟弟
Shuangfeng 老弟, 弟弟
Loudi 老弟

Pronoun

兄弟

  1. A humble term of self-address used by a man to people of the same generation.

Japanese
Kanji in this term
兄 弟
きょう
Grade: 2		 だい
Grade: 2
goon

Alternative forms
  • (siblings, sisters): 姉妹
  • (siblings, an elder brother and a younger sister): 兄妹
  • (siblings, an elder sister and a younger brother): 姉弟

Etymology

From 兄 (kyō, “elder brother”, 呉音 (goon)) +‎ 弟 (dai, “younger brother”, 呉音 (goon)), from Chinese 兄弟. Compare 兄妹 (keimai, “elder brother and younger sister”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

兄弟 (hiragana きょうだい, rōmaji kyōdai, historical hiragana きやうだい)

  1. (collective) brothers
  2. (collective, by extension) siblings
  3. (collective, by extension) brothers and sisters; brethren (brotherhood; fellowship)

See also

References
  • The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
兄弟

Noun

兄弟 • (hyeongje) (hangeul 형제)

  1. Hanja form? of 형제 (“brother, brothers, sibling”).

Kunigami

Etymology

Cognate to Japanese 兄弟 (kyōdai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕoːɾeː/

Noun

兄弟 (hiragana ちょーれー, romaji chōrē)

  1. (collective) siblings; brothers and sisters

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate to Japanese 兄弟 (kyōdai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕoːdeː/

Noun

兄弟 (hiragana ちょーでー, romaji chōdē)

  1. (collective) siblings; brothers and sisters

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
兄弟

Noun

兄弟

  1. Hán tự form of huynh đệ (“brothers”).
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