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兄弟xiōng dì
brother
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
兄弟 | xiōngdì | |
1. n. (literal) brother | ||
2. n. (literal) brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings | ||
3. n. (figurative) brothers; close friends; good friends | ||
4. n. gangster | ||
5. n. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, dialectal Wu, colloquial) younger brother | ||
6. n. (colloquial) my brother; bro ((A term of address for a close friend of similar age or younger)) | ||
兄弟,我 今天 請客。 - My brother, it's my treat today. | ||
兄弟tī,我 今kin仔日 請chhiáⁿ人。 - My brother, it's my treat today., TW | ||
7. pron. (A humble term of self-address used by a man to people of the same generation.) | ||
8. pron. (cat, cmn, Elementary Mandarin) | ||
9. pron. (cln, zh, antonymous compounds) | ||
10. pron. (C, zh, Male family members, Male people) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
brother | ||
1. 名词. (同父母的)兄,弟 | ||
2. 名词. (称男性的共事者或同道)同事,弟兄,伙伴 | ||
3. 名词. (常大写)(同一宗教团体的男性)教友;(尤指)修士 | ||
4. 名词. (黑人男子相互的称呼)兄弟,哥们 | ||
5. 名词. (美国)大学生联谊会成员 | ||
6. 动词. (及物動詞) 当作兄弟 | ||
Components | ||
兄 | xiōng | |
1. elder brother | ||
2. elder male cousin | ||
堂兄 - father’s brother’s son older than oneself | ||
3. brother (gl, male friend of the same generation) | ||
4. (Hokkien, familiar) (respectful honorific used after a name for an elder brother or any male senior): Mister; Brother | ||
弟 | dì | |
1. younger brother | ||
2. junior | ||
3. (humble) I; me | ||
4. (zh-original, 第, sequence) | ||
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