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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
兄妹
- older brother and younger sister
Japanese
Etymology 1
From 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) + 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), from Middle Chinese 兄妹 (MC xjwaeng mwojH). Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “elder brother and younger brother”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
兄妹 • (keimai)
- elder brother and younger sister
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
兄妹 • (kyōdai) ←きやうだい (kyaudai)?
- Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “elder brother and younger brother”).
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- しかしあなたもずいぶんアッサリした性格ね。いつこの間まで七味七味って騒いでたくせに。
兄妹ではいた仕方あるまい。- Shikashi anata mo zuibun assari shita seikaku ne. Itsu kono aida made Shichimi Shichimi tte sawaideta kuse ni.
Kyōdai de wa ita shikata aru mai. - You're sure a laid-back one though. Just the other day you were all Shichimi this, Shichimi that.
It can't be helped now that he's my brother.
1996 November 1 [1992 August 17], CLAMP, “嚆矢Ⅰ [Overture I]”, in (エックス) [X], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 15:
- あの二人は町内自慢の兄妹だよ
- Ano futari wa chōnai jiman no kyōdai da yo
- Those two are the sibling goal of this town
Usage notes
Generally used to specifically refer to an elder brother and a younger sister, while utilizing the more common kyōdai reading to express the siblings sense.
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