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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
弟兄
- younger brother and elder brother; brothers
- (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) 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 again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?
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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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (religion) brother (Classifier: 位 m c; 個/个 m c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
兄弟 (“brothers”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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兄弟
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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兄弟, 哥們兒, 哥兒, 弟兄
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Taiwan
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兄弟
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Chengde
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弟兄, 哥兒們
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Chifeng
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兄弟, 哥兒們
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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兄弟
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Heihe
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兄弟, 哥兒們
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Qiqihar
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兄弟, 哥兒們
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Harbin
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弟兄, 哥兒們
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Jiamusi
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兄弟, 哥兒們
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Baicheng
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兄弟, 哥兒們兒
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Changchun
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哥們兒
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Tonghua
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兄弟, 哥們兒
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Shenyang
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兄弟, 哥們兒
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Jinzhou
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兄弟, 弟兄, 哥兒們
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Malaysia
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兄弟
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Singapore
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兄弟
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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哥們兒
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Tangshan
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兄弟, 哥們兒
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Cangzhou
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兄弟, 哥兒們兒
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Baoding
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弟兄
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Shijiazhuang
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弟兄
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Lijin
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兄弟
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Jinan
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兄弟, 弟兄, 弟兄們
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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哥們兒
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Dandong
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兄弟, 哥兒們兒
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Yantai
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弟兄
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Yantai (Muping)
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弟兄
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Qingdao
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弟兄
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Zhucheng
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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弟兄, 弟兒們
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Lingbao
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弟兄
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Jining
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兄弟, 兄弟們
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Wanrong
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弟兄
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Linfen
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弟兄
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Shangqiu
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兄弟
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Yuanyang
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弟兄
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Zhengzhou
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兄弟
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Xinyang
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兄弟
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Baihe
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兄弟
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Xi'an
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弟兄
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Baoji
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Tianshui
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兄弟
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Xining
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弟兄, 兄弟, 弟弟
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Xuzhou
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兄弟, 弟兄, 弟們, 哥們兒
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Fuyang
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兄弟
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Lanzhou
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Dunhuang
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弟兄
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Hami
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兄弟
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Ürümqi
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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弟兄, 兄弟, 兄弟夥
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Nanchong
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兄弟
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Dazhou
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弟兄
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Hanyuan
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弟兄
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Xichang
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兄弟
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Zigong
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兄弟, 兄弟夥
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Chongqing
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弟兄
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Wuhan
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Yichang
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Xiangyang
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兄弟
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Tianmen
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兄弟, 弟兄夥的
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Guiyang
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兄弟, 哥弟
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Zunyi
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兄弟夥, 兄弟些
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Bijie
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弟兄
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Liping
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弟兄
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Zhaotong
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弟兄
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Dali
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兄弟
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Kunming
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兄弟
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Mengzi
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兄弟
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Guilin
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兄弟
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Liuzhou
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Jishou
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兄弟
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Changde
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兄弟
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Hanzhong
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兄弟
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Yangzhou
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Lianyungang
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Lianshui
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弟兄們子
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Nantong
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兄弟
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Anqing
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弟兄
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Wuhu
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弟兄
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Hefei
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Hong'an
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弟兄, 弟兄夥兒的
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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兄弟
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Hong Kong
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兄弟
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Taishan
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兄弟
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Dongguan
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兄弟
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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兄弟
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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兄弟
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Gan
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Nanchang
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Lichuan
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兄弟
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Pingxiang
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兄弟
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Hakka
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Meixian
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兄弟
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Yudu
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兄弟, 昆兄
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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兄弟
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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兄弟
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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兄弟
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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兄弟
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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兄弟
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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兄弟
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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兄弟, 哥兄弟
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Shexian
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哥弟, 兄弟
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Yangyuan
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兄弟, 弟兄
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Datong
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弟兄
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Xinzhou
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弟兄
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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弟兄
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Changzhi
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弟兄
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Linhe
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兄弟
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Jining
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兄弟
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Hohhot
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兄弟
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Erenhot
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兄弟
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Pingshan
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兄弟
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Zhangjiakou
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兄弟
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Handan
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兄弟, 哥兒們
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Linzhou
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兄弟
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Suide
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弟兄
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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兄弟
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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兄弟, 兄弟哥, 兄弟囝
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Matsu
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兄弟哥
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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兄弟
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Quanzhou
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兄弟
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Jinjiang
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兄弟哥
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Zhangzhou
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兄弟
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Taipei
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兄弟
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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兄弟
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Kaohsiung
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兄弟
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Yilan
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兄弟
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Changhua (Lukang)
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兄弟
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Taichung
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兄弟仔
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Tainan
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兄弟
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Hsinchu
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兄弟仔
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Kinmen
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兄弟
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Penghu (Magong)
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兄弟
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Penang (Hokkien)
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兄弟
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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兄弟
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Manila (Hokkien)
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兄弟, 兄弟仔
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Chaozhou
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兄弟
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Shantou
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兄弟
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Haifeng
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兄弟
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Singapore (Teochew)
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兄弟
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Wenchang
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兄弟
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Haikou
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兄弟
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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兄弟
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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兄弟
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Wu
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Shanghai
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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弟兄
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Suzhou
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弟兄
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Danyang
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Hangzhou
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兄弟
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Ningbo
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兄弟
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Wenzhou
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兄弟, 兄弟兒
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Jinhua
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哥弟
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Xiang
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Changsha
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Loudi
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Shuangfeng
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弟兄, 兄弟
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Hengyang
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兄弟
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Derived terms