子弟

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	younger brother
simp. and trad. (子弟)		子	弟
anagram		弟子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² dai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-thi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chír-tě / chú-tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhdì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-ti⁴
    • Yale: dž-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyydih
    • Palladius: цзыди (czydi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² dai⁶
    • Yale: jí daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-tě
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-tě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'de
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te³³/

Noun

子弟

1. sons and younger brothers; (in general) children
2. young people; later generations

Derived terms

• 佳子弟
• 八千子弟
• 八旗子弟 (bāqí zǐdì)
• 子弟兵 (zǐdìbīng)
• 子弟戲／子弟戏
• 子弟書／子弟书
• 故家子弟
• 梨園子弟／梨园子弟 (Líyuán zǐdì)
• 江東子弟／江东子弟
• 清寒子弟
• 漂蕩子弟／漂荡子弟
• 烏衣子弟／乌衣子弟
• 紈褲子弟／纨裤子弟
• 膏粱子弟
• 良家子弟
• 誤人子弟／误人子弟 (wùrénzǐdì)
• 貴族子弟／贵族子弟
• 貴遊子弟／贵游子弟
• 農家子弟／农家子弟
• 風月子弟／风月子弟

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	弟
し Grade: 1	てい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

子(し)弟(てい) • (shitei) 

1. children
2. youth, the young

Anagrams

• 弟(てい)子(し) (teishi)