義兄

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Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	elder brother
trad. (義兄)		義	兄
simp. (义兄)		义	兄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìxiōng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìsyong
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiung¹
  - Yale: yì-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshiong
  - Palladius: исюн (isjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ hing¹
  - Yale: yih hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    二兄
    義兄／义兄

Noun

義兄

sworn elder brother

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 契阿兄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	兄
ぎ Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 義兄

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎけー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

義(ぎ)兄(けい) • (gikei)

brother-in-law (spouse's elder brother or elder sister's husband)
adopted elder brother, adoptive elder brother
step-elder brother
sworn elder brother

Synonyms

(sworn elder brother): 兄分(あにぶん) (anibun)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn elder brother”): 弟分(おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義弟(ぎてい) (gitei)

Hypernyms

(sworn elder brother): 兄弟分(きょうだいぶん) (kyōdaibun), 義兄弟(ぎきょうだい) (gikyōdai)

See also

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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