# 弟妹
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìmèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^6$ mui$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): di$^3$ mei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìmèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìmèi
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-mei$^4$
*** Yale: dì-mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihmey
*** Palladius: димэй (dimɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$ mui$^6$
*** Yale: daih muih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$ mui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$ mui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²² muːi̯²²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: di$^3$ mei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵ mei⁴⁵/

### Noun

弟妹
* younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling
* (colloquial) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 弟婦, 弟媳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 兄弟媳婦兒, 弟妹, 小嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 弟媳, 弟婦, 弟媳婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 弟妹, 弟媳婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 弟妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 弟妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 弟妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 弟妹, 姊妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 弟妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 弟妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 弟妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 弟妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 弟妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 弟妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 弟妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 弟妹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 弟妹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 弟妹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 弟妹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 兄弟媳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 兄弟媳婦, 弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanchi | 弟妻婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Guyuan | 弟婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Longde | 弟婦子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jingyuan | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 兄弟媳婦兒, 兄弟媳婦, 弟妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 弟妻, 弟妹, 弟媳婦, 弟妻媳婦兒 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Wuzhong | 弟媳婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Zhongwei | 弟妻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 弟媳婦, 兄弟家 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 弟妹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 弟妹, 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 兄弟媳婦兒, 弟媳, 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 弟媳, 妹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 弟媳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 兄弟媳婦, 弟媳, 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 兄弟姊妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 弟妹, 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老弟嫂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 弟妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 弟妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 弟媳婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 弟媳婦, 弟媳婦子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 弟媳, 兄弟媳婦, 兄媳婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 弟媳婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 弟妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 弟妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 弟媳婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 弟媳婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 弟婦, 弟嫂, 弟媳, 弟嬸, 阿妗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 弟婦, 弟嫂, 阿妗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 嬸仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿妗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 嬸氏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 小嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 小嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 弟婦 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 弟婦, 阿嫂 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 弟嬸, 小嬸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老弟新婦, 老弟媳婦, 弟媳婦 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 弟嫂 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿嬸仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 嬸仔 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 老弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 弟婦 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Changting | 弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 老弟生娓 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 弟婦 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 弟婦 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 弟婦 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 小嬤 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老弟嫂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老弟新婦 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老弟心臼 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老弟嫂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 弟婦 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 弟妹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 弟媳婦, 弟妹, 弟媳婦子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 弟妹, 小嬸兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 兄弟姊妹, 小嬸子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 小嬸子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 兄弟家 |
| Jin | Jining | 兄弟家 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 兄弟家, 兄弟媳婦 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 兄弟家 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 兄弟媳婦兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 弟妹, 小嬸子 |
| Jin | Handan | 弟妹 |
| Jin | Suide | 兄弟媳婦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 弟新婦 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 弟新婦, 弟人 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 小嬸, 細妗仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 小嬸, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 小嬸, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 小嬸, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 妗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 小嬸, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 弟婦仔, 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 妗仔, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 小嬸仔, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 小嬸, 弟婦仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 小嬸 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 小姆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 弟嫂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 小姆 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 妗仔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 嬸娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 群嬸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 弟婦 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細嬸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 弟妹, 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Danyang | 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 弟媳婦 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 弟新婦 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 弟婦 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老弟媳婦, 老弟嫂, 弟媳婦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老弟嫂 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老弟嫂 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 老弟媳婦 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 弟婦 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 阿弟媳婦 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 弟嫂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 叔娒 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 阿嬸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 老弟嫂, 阿嬸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 小嬸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 安嬸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 弟嫂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 老弟嫂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 老弟嫂 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 弟妹(ていまい) (teimai)
* → Korean: 제매(弟妹) (jemae)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 弟 | 妹 |
| てい Grade: 2 | まい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てーまい [tèémáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [te̞ːma̠i]

### Noun

弟(てい)妹(まい) • (teimai)
* younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling

#### See also

* 兄姉(けいし) (keishi, “elder sibling”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN