兄貴

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Chinese

		elder brother	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (兄貴)		兄	貴
simp. (兄贵)		兄	贵

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兄貴

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 兄貴 (aniki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiōngguì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiōngguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Syongguèi
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiung¹-kuei⁴
  - Yale: Syūng-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiongguey
  - Palladius: Сюнгуй (Sjunguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

兄貴

(ACG) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
Synonym: 森之妖精

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兄	貴
あに Grade: 2	き Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あにき (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (aniki)

a big brother (someone who is considered one's senior)
そりゃ兄(あに)貴(き)だ。
Sorya aniki da.
That’s my brother.

お父(とう)さん！髪(かみ)長(なが)くてかっこいいね！すごく若(わか)々(わか)しい！
Otō-san! Kami nagakute kakkoī ne! Sugoku wakawakashii!
Dad! You looked so cool with long hair! And so young!
- 1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う？ [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by Tōjirō Kusanagi (Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi and Kenichi Ono), CBC, via TBS:
(slang) a big bro (gang leader)
- 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “なくな!ゆうれい [The Boo-hoo! Ghost]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:
  
  ゴン助(すけ)とはなんだ！
  兄(あに)きのことは、ゴッドファーザーとよんでもらおう。
  Gonsuke to wa nan da!
  Aniki no koto wa, Goddofāzā to yonde moraō.
  What’s Gonsuke?
  Call him Godfather, okay?

Derived terms

ニキ (niki)

See also

兄(あに)貴(き)分(ぶん) (anikibun, “senior group member”)
兄(あに)貴(き)風(かぜ)を吹(ふ)かす (anikikaze o fukasu, “to act patronizingly”)
姉(あね)貴(き) (aneki)
弟(おとうと) (otōto)

Proper noun

アニキ on Japanese Wikipedia

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (Aniki)

(informal) A nickname for older or muscular men, but especially including:
1. (Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
  Synonym: 森の妖精 (Mori no Yōsei)

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