老弟
Chinese edit
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
younger brother | ||
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trad. (老弟) | 老 | 弟 | |
simp. #(老弟) | 老 | 弟 |
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou5 dai6
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 ti
- Hakka
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau3 di5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodì
- Wade–Giles: lao3-ti4
- Yale: lǎu-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodih
- Palladius: лаоди (laodi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 dai6
- Yale: lóuh daih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 dai6
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 dei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ tɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lau3 ti
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-thâi
- Hakka Romanization System: lo` tai´
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo3 tai1
- Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ tʰai̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lau3 di5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹/
- (Changsha)
Noun edit
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
- (dialectal Hakka) brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)