兄貴

Chinese

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

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 兄貴 (aniki).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiōngguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiōngguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • 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

1. (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 [áꜜnìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɲ̟ikʲi]

Noun

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (aniki) 

1. a big brother (someone who is considered one's senior)
   • 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:

     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!

     そりゃ兄(あに)貴(き)だ。

     Sorya aniki da.

     That’s my brother.

2. (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

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (Aniki) 

1. (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)