二兄

Chinese

		two	elder brother
simp. and trad. (二兄)		二	兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-hiaⁿ / jī-hiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrsyong
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-hsiung¹
    • Yale: èr-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshiong
    • Palladius: эрсюн (ersjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ hing¹
    • Yale: yih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 二兄 義兄 / 义兄

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixhviaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² hiã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hiã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jī-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixhviaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/

Noun

二兄

1. (literary or Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) second eldest brother (referring to the second son)
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) paramour; male lover

Synonyms

• (second elder brother): 二哥 (èrgē), 二阿兄