小弟

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Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
 younger brother
simp. and trad.
(小弟) 		小 弟

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小弟

  1. little brother; younger brother
  2. minion; henchman
  3. (Taiwan, Thailand) male server
  4. (slang, euphemistic) penis; dick

Synonyms

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  • (little brother):
Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”) [map]
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
  • (male server): (Malaysia, Thailand) 阿弟 (ādì)
  • (penis):
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 陰莖, 陽具, 男根
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 雞巴, 卵子, 家伙, 帽兒, 大帽兒, 雀子 †, 小雞兒 †, 小蟲兒 †
Taiwan 雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 †
Harbin 雞巴, 雞巴嘚兒, 雞巴頭子, 嘚兒, 牛子, 老二, 二哥, 腿兒, 牛牛兒 †, 小牛子 †, 家雀兒 †
Singapore 小鳥 †
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 屌, 小雞兒 †, 小雞雞 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鴨子, 雞子, 雞巴, 屌, 小鴨兒 †
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 雞巴, 屌, 膀, 雞巴兒 †, 小雞兒雞兒 †
Wanrong 鴨子, 鴨兒 †
Xi'an 㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 †
Xining 雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 †
Xuzhou 屌, 雞巴, 雞尜尜, 屌頭子, 老二, 二哥, 一家人兒, 打種的 dated, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 尜尜 †, 小老雀兒 †, 老雀兒 †
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 㞗
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 †
Lanzhou 㞗, 牛牛子 †
Ürümqi 㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 †
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 錘子, 雞巴, 雞棍兒, 雞兒, 雀雀兒, 雀雀, 麻雀兒, 毛鰱魚, 老二, 㞗, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 小麻雀兒 †, 小雀雀兒 †
Chongqing 錘子, 卵, 鷄兒, 鴨兒, 雀雀兒, 鷄巴, 㞗, 牙刷兒
Wuhan 鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 †
Guiyang 雞巴, 大雞巴, 乾雞巴, 馬雞巴, 卵子, 㞗, 屌, 下二哥, 二哥, 甩甩, 錘錘 dated, 錘子 dated, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 麻雀 †, 小麻雀 †, 雀雀 †
Liuzhou 鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 †
Yangzhou 雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 †
Nantong 屌兒, 屌
Hefei 屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 †
Huanggang 卵, 雞巴
Cantonese Guangzhou 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 小便, 祠堂, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 鳩脧 †, 脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong 鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 周, 周周, 雀, 弟弟, 細佬, 何B仔, 子孫根, 祠堂, 第三隻腳, 第五肢, 是非根, J slang, 丁 slang, 丁丁 slang, 腸 slang, 腸仔 slang, 嘢 euphemistic, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 脧脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 𡳞, 鵝仔 †
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鵝仔, 𡳞
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 𡳞, 𡳞仔 †
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 𡳞
Macau 鳩
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鳩, 𨳍
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鳩
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鳩
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鳩
Foshan 鳩
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鳩
Foshan (Shunde) 鳩
Foshan (Sanshui) 鳩, 𨳍
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鳩
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鳩, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 𨳍
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鳩脧, 𨳍
Zhuhai (Doumen) 𨳍, 鳩
Jiangmen (Baisha) 雀, 𡳞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 𡳞, 鳩
Taishan 𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 †
Kaiping (Chikan) 𡳞, 𨳍
Enping (Niujiang) 𡳞, 𨳍
Heshan (Yayao) 𨳍
Dongguan 𡳞, 鵝必 †
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 𡳞
Qingyuan 鳩
Fogang 𨳍
Yingde (Hanguang) 鳩
Yangshan 巧
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 巧
Shaoguan 𨳍
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 鳩
Renhua 𡳞子
Lechang 雞巴, 𨳍
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 鳩
Sihui 巧, 鳩, 𨳍
Guangning 巧
Deqing 屌, 𨳍
Huaiji 鳩
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 鳩
Yunfu 𨳍
Xinxing 𨳍
Luoding 𨳍
Yunan (Pingtai) 鳩
Yangjiang 鳩, 𨳍
Xinyi 𨳍
Nanning 𨳍
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鳩脧
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ipoh (Guangfu) 屌, 𨳍, 𡳞, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓周, 慈姑椗
Singapore (Guangfu) 𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 賓周
Gan Nanchang 卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 †
Lichuan 卵, 老二
Pingxiang 卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 †
Hakka Meixian 𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 †
Xingning 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 †
Huidong (Daling) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 脧
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 脧
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 𡳞, 脧
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𨳍
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Huacheng) 脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍
Wuhua (Changbu) 脧
Wuhua (Mianyang) 脧哩, 𡳞棍
Heyuan (Bendihua) 𡳞
Wengyuan 𡳞子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 𡳞棍
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 𡳞棍, 脧
Liannan 脧子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 𨳍
Jiexi 脧
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 𡳞
Changting 𡳞子, 𡳞
Wuping 𡳞
Wuping (Yanqian) 𡳞子
Wuping (Pingyu) 𡳞
Liancheng 𡳞, 脧
Ninghua 脧
Yudu 卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 †
Ningdu 卵
Ruijin 卵陀
Shicheng 卵梗
Shangyou (Shexi) 卵
Tonggu (Sandu) 卵子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 卵
Dayu 卵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 脧仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 𡳞棍, 脧仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 𡳞, 脧仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 𡳞
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𡳞棍
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𡳞棍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𡳞棍
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 脧
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 脧子
Hong Kong 𡳞, 脧 †
Mengshan (Xihe) 𡳞
Luchuan 脧
Sabah (Bao'an) 𡳞棍, 𡳞
Sabah (Longchuan) 脧仔
Senai (Huiyang) 𡳞棍
Singkawang 脧
Huizhou Jixi 鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥
Shexian 鳥
Huangshan (Tunxi) 雞兒, 鳥兒
Xiuning 鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic
Yixian 卵
Qimen 屌兒
Wuyuan 菩蒂
Jin Taiyuan 㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 †
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 雞巴, 㞗
Pingyao 㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 †
Xinzhou 㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult
Shenmu 㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 †
Northern Min Jian'ou 𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 †
Jian'ou (Dikou) 𫵓
Songxi 𫵓
Zhenghe 𫵓
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 𫵓牯
Jianyang 𫵓
Wuyishan 脧
Pucheng (Shibei) 脧
Eastern Min Fuzhou 欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 †
Fuzhou (Changle) 欛欛囝
Fuqing 䐯, 鳥 †
Yongtai 䐯鳥
Gutian 䐯鳥
Fu'an 䐯鳥
Ningde 䐯
Shouning 䐯鳥
Zhouning 䐯鳥
Fuding 䐯䐯, 䐯鳥
Matsu 欛欛
Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Xiamen (Tong'an) 𡳞鳥
Quanzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Jinjiang 𡳞鳥
Anxi 𡳞鳥
Yongchun 𡳞鳥
Zhangzhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
Zhangpu 𡳞
Zhao'an 𡳞鳥
Dongshan 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 †
Taipei 𡳞鳥
Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞鳥
New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞鳥
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞鳥
Yilan 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Luodong) 𡳞鳥
Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞鳥
Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞鳥
Taichung 𡳞鳥
Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞鳥
Tainan 𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶
Tainan (Anping) 𡳞鳥
Taitung 𡳞鳥
Hsinchu 𡳞鳥
Kinmen 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Magong) 𡳞鳥
Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞鳥
Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕
Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish
Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞鳥
Zhangping (Yongfu) 𡳞, 𡳞公仔 †
Datian 𡳞鳥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鳩
Chaozhou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Raoping 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞
Shantou (Chaoyang) 𡳞鳥
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞
Jieyang 𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 †
Haifeng 𡳞鳥
Bangkok (Teochew) 鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 𡳞
Hat Yai (Teochew) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𡳞
Singapore (Teochew) 𡳞鳥, 𡳞
Leizhou 𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄
Wenchang 頹
Haikou 頹, 鳥 †
Puxian Min Putian 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 𡳞, 𡳞囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Fengting) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Xianyou (Youyang) 𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Central Min Yong'an 脧
Sanming (Sanyuan) 脧
Sanming (Shaxian) 脧仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 卵, 卵脬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 𨳍, 麻鳥, 二老弟, 慈姑椗 †
Shehua Fu'an 𡳞仔
Fuding 𡳞仔
Luoyuan 𡳞仔
Sanming 𡳞仔
Shunchang 𡳞仔
Hua'an 𡳞仔
Guixi (Zhangping) 𡳞仔
Cangnan 𡳞仔
Jingning (Hexi) 𡳞
Lishui 𡳞
Longyou 𡳞鳥
Chaozhou 𡳞仔
Fengshun 𡳞仔
Wu Shanghai 卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 †
Shanghai (Chongming) 卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 †
Suzhou 卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 †
Wuxi 卵
Danyang 卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 †
Hangzhou 雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 †
Ningbo 卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 †
Wenzhou 頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 †
Jinhua 老八兒, 聊子, 雀, 雞巴, 八兒八兒 †
Xiang Changsha 卵, 雞巴, 掉它, 太鬍子, 雞雞 †, 鳥鳥 †, 鳥 †, 梗梗 †
Loudi 雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 †
Shuangfeng 卵子, 雞蓀子 †
Quanzhou 屌把
Note † - of a boy

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Pronoun

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小弟

  1. (male, humble, to the same generation) I; me

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
小 弟
しょう
Grade: 1 		てい
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小(しょう)弟(てい) • (shōtei) 

  1. (humble, dated) little brother; younger brother
  2. (humble, figurative) me, I (male)
    • 2015 [1865], Sakamoto Ryōma, Sakamoto Ryōma zen sho kanshū [Complete works of Sakamoto Ryōma]‎[1], page 112:
      会(あい)津(づ)ニハおもいがけぬ人(じん)物(ぶつ)ニてありたり。其(その)時(とき)小(しょう)弟(てい)ハ土(と)佐(さ)人(じん)高(こう)坂(さか)龍(りゅう)次(じ)郎(ろう)と申(もうし)て出(で)かけ、色(いろ)々(いろ)おかしき談(だん)ありしが、変(かわ)りたる事(こと)なし。
      Aizu ni wa omoigakenu jinbutsu ni te aritari. Sono toki shōtei wa Tosa jin Kōsaka Ryūjirō to mōshite dekake, iroiro okashiki dan arishi ga, kawaritaru koto nashi.
      In Aizu the people are beyond belief. At that time, I went with a fellow called Kōsaka Ryujiro of Tosa, and although we engaged in various strange talks, nothing changed.

Usage notes

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The word is a humble term (謙(けん)譲(じょう)語(ご) (kenjōgo)) typically used to refer to one’s own brother or oneself, thereby showing respect to the addressee.

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