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): /ɕjʊŋ⁵⁵ kweɪ̯⁵¹/

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) • (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, TBS, CBC, spoken by Tōjirō Kusanagi (Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi and Kenichi Ono):

     ボケ…お父(とう)さん！髪(かみ)長(なが)くてが濃(こ)いね！すごく若(わか)々(わか)しい！

     Boke… Otō-san! Kami nagakute ga koi ne! Sugoku wakawakashii!

     You dunce… Dad! Look at your long, luscious hair back then! You looked so young!

     それは兄(あに)貴(き)だ。

     Sore wa aniki da.

     That’s my brother.

2. (slang) a big bro (gang leader)
   • 1988 July 30 [Dec 25 1983], 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), volume 1 (fiction), 16th edition, 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?

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) • (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)