令弟

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Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	younger brother
trad. (令弟)		令	弟
simp. ^#(令弟)		令	弟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìngdì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ dai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-tē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìngdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìngdì
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: lìng-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqdih
  - Palladius: линди (lindi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ dai⁶
  - Yale: lihng daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² tɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-tē
  - Tâi-lô: līng-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lexngde
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ te²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ te²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ te³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ te³³/

Noun

令弟

(literary, honorific) my younger brother
(honorific) your younger brother

See also

令兄 (lìngxiōng)
令姐, 令姊
令妹 (lìngmèi)

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