小弟
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
younger brother | ||
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simp. and trad. (小弟) |
小 | 弟 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodì
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-ti4
- Yale: syǎu-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudih
- Palladius: сяоди (sjaodi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 dai6
- Yale: síu daih
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 dai6
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 dei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ tɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]小弟
- little brother; younger brother
- minion; henchman
- (Taiwan, Thailand) male server
- (slang, euphemistic) penis; dick
Synonyms
[edit]- (little brother):
- (male server): (Malaysia, Thailand) 阿弟 (ādì)
- (penis):
Derived terms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]小弟
Further reading
[edit]- “Entry #328”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 弟 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
てい Grade: 2 |
kan'on |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (humble, dated) little brother; younger brother
- (humble, figurative) me, I (male)
- 2015 [1865], Sakamoto Ryōma, Sakamoto Ryōma zen sho kanshū [Complete works of Sakamoto Ryōma][1], page 112:
- 会津ニハおもいがけぬ人物ニてありたり。其時小弟ハ土佐人高坂龍次郎と申て出かけ、色々おかしき談ありしが、変りたる事なし。
- 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.
- 会津ニハおもいがけぬ人物ニてありたり。其時小弟ハ土佐人高坂龍次郎と申て出かけ、色々おかしき談ありしが、変りたる事なし。
Usage notes
[edit]The word is a humble term (謙譲語 (kenjōgo)) typically used to refer to one’s own brother or oneself, thereby showing respect to the addressee.
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