兄妹

Chinese

		elder brother	younger sister
trad. (兄妹)		兄	妹
simp. #(兄妹)		兄	妹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ mui^6-2, hing¹ mui⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiûng-moi
• Min Nan (POJ): hiaⁿ-mōe / hiaⁿ-bē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongmèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-mei⁴
    • Yale: syūng-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongmey
    • Palladius: сюнмэй (sjunmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjʊŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ mui^6-2, hing¹ mui⁶
    • Yale: hīng múi, hīng muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ mui^6-2, hing¹ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ mui^6-2, hing¹ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /hɪŋ⁵⁵ muːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng-moi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiung´ moi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiung¹ moi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ moi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-mōe
    • Tâi-lô: hiann-muē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviamoe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ muẽ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-bē
    • Tâi-lô: hiann-bē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvia'be
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ be³³/

Noun

兄妹

1. older brother and younger sister

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
兄	妹
けい Grade: 2	まい Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

From 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) +‎ 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), from Chinese 兄妹. Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “elder brother and younger brother”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) けーまい [kèémáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːma̠i]

Noun

兄(けい)妹(まい) • (keimai) 

1. (collective) elder brother and younger sister

See also

• 姉(し)弟(てい) (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”)
• 兄(けい)姉(し) (keishi, “elder sibling”)
• 弟(てい)妹(まい) (teimai, “younger sibling”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
兄	妹
きょう Grade: 2	だい Grade: 2
goon	jukujikun

Noun

兄(きょう)妹(だい) • (kyōdai) ^{←きやうだい (kyaudai)?}

1. Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “elder brother and younger brother”).
   • 1992 June 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “遠(とお)くて近(ちか)い大(おお)江(え)戸(ど)夢物語(ファンタジー)の巻(まき) [A Near-and-Far Ōedo Fantasy]”, in 虹色(NIJI-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 181:

     しかしあなたもずいぶんアッサリした性(せい)格(かく)ね。いつこの間(あいだ)まで七(しち)味(み)七(しち)味(み)って騒(さわ)いでたくせに。
     兄(きょう)妹(だい)ではいた仕(し)方(かた)あるまい。

     Shikashi anata mo zuibun assari shita seikaku ne. Itsu kono aida made Shichimi Shichimi tte sawaideta kuse ni.
     Kyōdai de wa ita shikata aru mai.

     You're sure a laid-back one though. Just the other day you were all Shichimi this, Shichimi that.
     It can't be helped now that he's my brother.

   • 1996 November 1 [Aug 17 1992], CLAMP, “嚆(こう)矢(し)Ⅰ(いち) [Overture I]”, in X(エックス) [X], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 15:

     あの二人(ふたり)は町(ちょう)内(ない)自(じ)慢(まん)の兄(きょう)妹(だい)だよ

     Ano futari wa chōnai jiman no kyōdai da yo

     Those two are the sibling goal of this town

Usage notes

Generally used to specifically refer to an elder brother and a younger sister, while utilizing the more common kyōdai reading to express the siblings sense.