義弟

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Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	younger brother
trad. (義弟)		義	弟
simp. (义弟)		义	弟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìdì

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ dai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-tē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìdì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: yì-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihdih
  - Palladius: иди (idi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    異地／异地
    義帝／义帝
    義弟／义弟
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ dai⁶
  - Yale: yih daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² tɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-tē
  - Tâi-lô: gī-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixde
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ te²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ te²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ te³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ te³³/

Noun

義弟

younger blood brother

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	弟
ぎ Grade: 5	てい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 義弟

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎてー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

義(ぎ)弟(てい) • (gitei)

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

Synonyms

(sworn younger brother): 弟分(おとうとぶん) (otōtobun)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn younger brother”): 兄分(あにぶん) (anibun), 義兄(ぎけい) (gikei)

Hypernyms

(sworn younger 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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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