好兄弟

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	brother; brethren; brothers and sisters brother; brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
trad. (好兄弟)		好	兄弟
simp. #(好兄弟)		好	兄弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxiōngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² hing¹ dai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-hiaⁿ-tī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² hian¹ di⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxiōngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosyongdì
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsiung¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-syūng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshiongdih
    • Palladius: хаосюнди (xaosjundi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² hing¹ dai⁶
    • Yale: hóu hīng daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² hing¹ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² hing¹ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-hiaⁿ-tī
    • Tâi-lô: hó-hiann-tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'hvia'di
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴⁻²² ti²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiã³³ ti⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴⁻²² ti²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ ti³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ ti³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² hian¹ di⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó hiaⁿ tĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ hĩã³³⁻²³ ti³⁵/

Noun

好兄弟

1. good buddy; good mate
2. (euphemistic) ghost

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬼 (“ghost”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬼
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬼, 鬼魂, 亡靈, 亡魂, 幽靈, 幽魂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬼
	Taiwan	鬼
	Singapore	鬼, 好兄弟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬼
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	鬼
	Xi'an	鬼
	Xining	鬼
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鬼
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鬼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬼, 二五子
	Guilin	鬼
	Liuzhou	鬼, 矮老子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	鬼
	Reshuitang (Longling)	鬼
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	鬼
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鬼
	Oudomxay	鬼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鬼
	Yangzhou	鬼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬼
	Hong Kong	鬼, 污糟嘢, 嗰啲嘢
	Dongguan	鬼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬼, 好兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	鬼
	Lichuan	鬼
Hakka	Meixian	鬼
	Yudu	鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬼
Huizhou	Jixi	鬼
Jin	Taiyuan	鬼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鬼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬼
	Quanzhou	鬼
	Zhangzhou	鬼
	Tainan	鬼仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬼, 好兄弟
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬼
	Singapore (Teochew)	鬼
Wu	Shanghai	鬼, 野客, 徐天老爺
	Suzhou	鬼
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	鬼, 老本煙
	Wenzhou	鬼
	Jinhua	鬼
Xiang	Changsha	鬼, 矮路子, 浸老倌, 田几么, 田老倌
	Xiangxiang	鬼
	Loudi	鬼
	Hengshan	鬼