徒弟

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	younger brother
simp. and trad. (徒弟)		徒	弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ dai^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-tě / tô͘-tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túdì → túdi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ → ㄊㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túdi̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-ti⁵
    • Yale: tú-di
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu.dih
    • Palladius: туди (tudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/ → /tʰu³⁵ d̥i³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ dai^6-2
    • Yale: tòuh dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ dei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-tě
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do'de
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² te²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² te²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 徒弟

1. follower; apprentice; disciple

   收徒弟  ―  shōu túdì  ―  to take on an apprentice

Synonyms

• 學徒／学徒 (xuétú)
• (Cantonese) 學師仔／学师仔
• (Hokkien) 師仔／师仔
• (Teochew) 師囝／师囝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徒弟):

• → Japanese: 徒(と)弟(てい) (totei)
• → Korean: 도제(徒弟) (doje)
• → Vietnamese: đồ đệ (徒弟)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
徒	弟
と Grade: 4	てい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

徒(と)弟(てい) • (totei) 

1. apprentice