弟兄

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìxiong

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ hing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-hiûng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìxiong
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìsyo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsiung⁵
    • Yale: dì-syung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.shiong
    • Palladius: дисюн (disjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ hing¹
    • Yale: daih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-hiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti hiung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ hiung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ hi̯uŋ²⁴/

Noun

弟兄

1. younger brother and elder brother; brothers
2. (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
   • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 2, page 134:

     別說後來不看見 儻有再相逢的日子 豈不都是好弟兄麽

     벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉마
     bie siuie hyu lei bu kan gien; taq 'iu jai siaq puq di zi jy; ci bu du si hao di hiuq ma
     뼈ᇹᄉᆑᇹᅘᅳᇢ래부ᇹ컨견 탕이ᇢ재샹ᄬᅮᆼ디ᇹᅀᅵᇹ즈ᇫ 켸부ᇹ두씨ᇫ하ᇢ뎨ᄒᆔᆼ뭐
     bbiex siuiex hhyw lai bux ken gien; taq 'iw jai siaq vvuq dix zix jyz; kiei bux du ssiz haw diei hiuiq mue

     Do not say that we will not see [each other] again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?

   • 2003, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第三部, episode 25, 官志宏 (actor):

     五阿哥，所有犧牲的弟兄都已經挖好了墳墓。 [MSC, trad.]
     五阿哥，所有牺牲的弟兄都已经挖好了坟墓。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǔ Àge, suǒyǒu xīshēng de dìxiong dōu yǐjīng wā hǎo le fénmù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (religion) brother (Classifier: 位 m c; 個／个 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兄弟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哥兒, 弟兄
	Taiwan	兄弟
	Malaysia	兄弟
	Singapore	兄弟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	弟兄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	弟兄
	Wuhan	弟兄, 兄弟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	弟兄
	Hefei	弟兄, 兄弟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兄弟
	Hong Kong	兄弟
	Taishan	兄弟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	兄弟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	兄弟
Hakka	Meixian	兄弟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兄弟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兄弟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兄弟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兄弟
Jin	Taiyuan	弟兄, 兄弟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兄弟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兄弟, 兄弟哥
	Matsu	兄弟哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	兄弟
	Quanzhou	兄弟
	Jinjiang	兄弟哥
	Zhangzhou	兄弟
	Taipei	兄弟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	兄弟
	Kaohsiung	兄弟
	Yilan	兄弟
	Changhua (Lukang)	兄弟
	Taichung	兄弟仔
	Tainan	兄弟
	Hsinchu	兄弟仔
	Kinmen	兄弟
	Penghu (Magong)	兄弟
	Penang (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Manila (Hokkien)	兄弟, 兄弟仔
	Chaozhou	兄弟
	Shantou	兄弟
	Haifeng	兄弟
	Singapore (Teochew)	兄弟
	Wenchang	兄弟
	Singapore (Hainanese)	兄弟
Wu	Suzhou	弟兄
	Wenzhou	兄弟
Xiang	Changsha	弟兄, 兄弟
	Shuangfeng	弟兄, 兄弟
	Hengyang	兄弟

Derived terms

• 弟兄姊妹
• 生死弟兄 (shēngsǐ dìxiōng)