老弟

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	younger brother
simp. and trad. (老弟)		老	弟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎodì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dai⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ ti
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-thâi

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ tai¹
Xiang (Wiktionary): lau³ di⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎodì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodih
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ dai⁶
  - Yale: lóuh daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tɐi̯²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ ti
  - IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-thâi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` tai´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ tai¹
  - IPA: /lo³¹ tʰai̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ tai¹
  - IPA: /lau³¹ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ di⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lɒu⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹/

Noun

老弟

A form of address to a man younger than oneself: my boy
(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Pinghua, Xiang) younger brother

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Jiedian	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	老弟
	Qujiang	老弟
	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
Jin	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

Antonyms

(form of address): 老兄 (lǎoxiōng), 老哥 (lǎogē)

Derived terms

老弟心臼

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