義兄弟

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	brother; brethren; brothers and sisters brother; brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
trad. (義兄弟)		義	兄弟
simp. (义兄弟)		义	兄弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxiōngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hing¹ dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiōngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsyongdì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiung¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: yì-syūng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshiongdih
    • Palladius: исюнди (isjundi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ hing¹ dai⁶
    • Yale: yih hīng daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hing¹ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hing¹ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 義兄弟

1. sworn brothers

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	兄	弟
ぎ Grade: 5	きょう Grade: 2	だい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

義 (gi, “nonconsanguineous relationship”) +‎ 兄弟 (kyōdai, “brothers”)

Noun

義(ぎ)兄(きょう)弟(だい) • (gikyōdai) ^{←ぎきやうだい (gikyaudai)?}

1. sworn brothers
2. brothers-in-law

Synonyms

• (sworn brothers): 兄弟分(きょうだいぶん) (kyōdaibun)

Hyponyms

• (sworn brothers): 兄分(あにぶん) (anibun), 義兄(ぎけい) (gikei), 弟分(おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義弟(ぎてい) (gitei)