老弟

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 younger brother
trad. (老弟) 老 弟
simp. #(老弟) 老 弟

Pronunciation

Noun

老弟

  1. A form of address to a man younger than oneself: my boy
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Pinghua, Xiang) younger brother
  3. (dialectal Hakka) brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 弟弟
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兄弟, 弟弟
Taiwan 弟弟
Harbin 兄弟, 弟弟
Malaysia 弟弟
Singapore 弟弟
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 兄弟, 弟弟
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 兄兒, 兄弟
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 兄弟
Wanrong 兄弟 male speaker, 弟子 female speaker
Xi'an 兄弟
Xining 兄弟, 弟弟
Xuzhou 弟弟, 兄弟
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 兄弟
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 兄弟
Ürümqi 弟弟, 兄弟, 富康子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 弟娃兒, 兄弟, 弟弟
Wuhan 弟弟, 兄弟
Guiyang 弟, 兄弟, 弟弟 childish
Liuzhou 弟, 阿弟, 老弟
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 弟弟, 兄弟
Yangzhou 兄弟, 弟弟
Nantong 弟子
Hefei 兄弟, 弟弟
Cantonese Guangzhou 細佬, 弟弟
Hong Kong 細佬, 弟弟
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 細佬
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 細佬
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 細佬
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿弟
Macau 細佬
Guangzhou (Panyu) 細佬
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 細佬
Guangzhou (Conghua) 細佬
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 細佬
Foshan 細佬
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 細佬
Foshan (Shunde) 細佬
Foshan (Sanshui) 細佬
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 細佬
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 細佬
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 細佬
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 細佬
Zhuhai (Doumen) 細佬
Jiangmen (Baisha) 細佬
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 細佬
Taishan 細佬, 阿弟, 細, 弟
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿弟, 細佬
Enping (Niujiang) 阿弟
Heshan (Yayao) 細佬
Dongguan 細佬, 弟弟
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 細佬
Shaoguan 細佬
Yangjiang 小弟
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 細佬
Singapore (Guangfu) 細佬
Gan Nanchang 老弟, 兄弟
Lichuan 弟
Pingxiang 老弟
Hakka Meixian 老弟, 老弟仔
Xingning 老弟, 老弟里
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 老弟
Huiyang 老弟
Huidong (Daling) 老弟
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老弟
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老弟
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老弟
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老弟
Wuhua (Huacheng) 老弟
Wuhua (Changbu) 老弟
Wuhua (Mianyang) 老弟
Wuhua (Meilin) 老弟
Heyuan (Bendihua) 老弟
Wengyuan 老弟
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 老弟
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 老弟
Liannan 老弟
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 弟弟
Jiexi 老弟
Luhe 老弟
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿弟
Changting 老弟
Wuping 老弟
Wuping (Yanqian) 老弟子
Wuping (Pingyu) 老弟子
Liancheng 老弟
Ninghua 老弟
Yudu 老弟
Ningdu 老弟
Ruijin 老弟
Shicheng 老弟
Shangyou (Shexi) 老弟
Tonggu (Sandu) 老弟
Ganzhou (Panlong) 老弟
Dayu 弟佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老弟
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 老弟
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 老弟
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 老弟
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 老弟
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿弟
Hong Kong 老弟
Yangxi (Tangkou) 老弟
Yangchun (Sanjia) 細佬
Xinyi (Sihe) 老弟, 細佬
Xinyi (Qianpai) 老弟, 細佬
Gaozhou (Xindong) 老弟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 老弟
Huazhou (Xin'an) 老弟
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 老弟
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿弟, 老弟
Mengshan (Xihe) 老弟
Luchuan 老弟
Sabah (Bao'an) 老弟
Sabah (Longchuan) 老弟
Senai (Huiyang) 老弟
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 老弟
Singkawang 阿弟, 老弟
Huizhou Jixi 弟
Jin Taiyuan 兄弟, 弟弟
Xinzhou 兄弟
Northern Min Jian'ou 弟仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依弟 face-to-face, 弟
Southern Min Xiamen 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Quanzhou 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Zhangzhou 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Zhao'an 細弟仔, 細弟
Kaohsiung 小弟
Yilan 小弟
Changhua (Lukang) 小弟
Taichung 小弟
Taichung (Wuqi) 小弟
Tainan 小弟
Taitung 小弟
Hsinchu 小弟
Penghu (Magong) 小弟
Penang (Hokkien) 小弟, 阿棣
Singapore (Hokkien) 小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
Manila (Hokkien) 小弟
Chaozhou 阿弟
Shantou 阿弟
Jieyang 阿弟
Haifeng 阿弟, 弟, 弟弟
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿弟
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿弟
Singapore (Teochew) 阿弟
Leizhou 老弟
Haikou 老弟 non-face-to-face, 阿弟 face-to-face
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 細佬, 弟弟
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 細佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老弟
Wu Shanghai 弟弟, 阿弟, 兄弟
Shanghai (Chongming) 兄弟
Suzhou 兄弟, 弟弟
Danyang 弟子
Hangzhou 阿弟, 弟弟
Ningbo 阿弟, 弟弟 face-to-face
Wenzhou 阿弟
Jinhua 弟
Xiang Changsha 老弟, 弟弟
Loudi 老弟
Shuangfeng 老弟, 弟弟
Hengyang 老弟
Dialectal synonyms of 小叔子 (“brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 叔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小叔子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 小叔子
Taiwan 小叔
Ulanhot 小叔子
Tongliao 小叔子
Chifeng 小叔子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 小叔子
Harbin 小叔子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 小叔子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 小叔子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 小叔子
Wanrong 小叔子
Zhengzhou 小叔兒
Xi'an 小叔子
Xining 小叔子兒, 小叔子
Xuzhou 小叔子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 小叔子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 小叔子
Bayanhot 小叔子, 兄弟
Lanzhou 小叔子
Ürümqi 小叔子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 小叔子
Wuhan 叔子
Guiyang 小叔子
Kunming 小叔
Guilin 小叔
Liuzhou 小叔, 叔崽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 小叔子
Yangzhou 小叔子
Nantong 叔子
Hefei 小叔子
Cantonese Guangzhou 叔仔
Hong Kong 叔仔
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 叔仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 叔仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 叔仔
Dongguan 叔仔
Yangjiang 叔爺仔, 叔仔
Nanning 叔仔, 細叔
Wuzhou 叔仔, 細叔
Hepu (Lianzhou) 細叔
Danzhou 老叔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 叔仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 叔仔
Gan Nanchang 小叔子, 霞叔
Lichuan 霞叔
Pingxiang 叔仔
Guixi 霞叔
Hakka Meixian 小郎仔, 小郎, 阿叔仔
Xingning 小郎
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 叔仔
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 阿叔仔
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 阿叔仔
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 阿叔, 叔仔
Huidong (Daling) 阿叔仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 叔仔
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 阿叔, 阿叔仔
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 叔仔
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿叔
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 叔仔
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 小郎哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 小郎哩, 阿叔哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 小郎哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 小叔
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿叔仔
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 叔仔
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 阿叔
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 阿叔哎
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 阿叔
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 叔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 小郎
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 阿叔仔
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 老弟
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 老弟
Liannan 叔仔
Jiexi 細叔
Changting 小郎
Wuping 小郎
Wuping (Pingyu) 小郎子
Liancheng 小郎
Ninghua 小郎, 老弟
Yudu 小叔子, 小叔
Ruijin 小郎
Shicheng 叔公
Shangyou (Shexi) 小叔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 小郎叔, 阿叔仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 小郎仔, 小郎
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 小郎叔, 阿叔仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 小郎叔, 阿叔
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 小郎叔, 阿叔仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 小叔, 細叔, 阿叔仔
Hong Kong 叔仔
Luchuan 細叔
Luchuan (Daqiao) 小叔
Senai (Huiyang) 叔仔
Huizhou Jixi 叔
Huangshan (Tunxi) 細兒叔
Wuyuan 叔兒
Fuliang 叔兒
Dexing 細叔
Jin Taiyuan 小叔子
Pingyao 小叔子
Xinzhou 小叔子
Taibus (Baochang) 小叔子
Linhe 小叔子
Jining 小叔子
Hohhot 小叔子
Baotou 小叔子
Dongsheng 小叔子
Haibowan 小叔子
Northern Min Jian'ou 叔仔, 小叔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 細叔, 小叔
Fuqing 小叔, 叔囝
Matsu 依家
Southern Min Xiamen 小叔
Xiamen (Tong'an) 小叔
Quanzhou 小叔
Yongchun 小郎
Zhangzhou 小叔, 細叔
Dongshan 叔仔
Taipei 阿叔仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿叔仔
Kaohsiung 阿叔仔
Yilan 細叔仔
Changhua (Lukang) 阿叔仔
Taichung 小叔仔
Tainan 阿叔仔
Hsinchu 小叔仔
Kinmen 小叔
Penghu (Magong) 小叔仔
Penang (Hokkien) 小叔
Singapore (Hokkien) 小叔
Manila (Hokkien) 小叔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 叔仔, 小郎仔
Chaozhou 叔囝, 小郎, 細叔
Shantou 細叔
Jieyang 叔囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 細叔
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 細叔
Leizhou 叔囝, 叔
Wenchang 老弟
Haikou 叔爹, 叔爹囝
Puxian Min Putian 細叔, 小郎
Xianyou 小郎
Central Min Yong'an 叔仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 叔仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 細叔
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 細叔, 阿叔
Wu Shanghai 小叔, 小叔子, 叔叔
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿叔
Suzhou 小叔, 小叔子, 阿叔, 叔叔
Wuxi 小叔
Danyang 叔叔
Hangzhou 阿叔
Ningbo 阿叔, 小阿叔
Wenzhou 兄叔, 瑣叔兒, 瑣叔
Jinhua 叔兒, 叔, 小叔兒, 小叔
Xiang Changsha 叔子
Loudi 小叔子
Shuangfeng 滿叔
Quanzhou 小叔

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “form of address”): 老兄 (lǎoxiōng), 老哥 (lǎogē)

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