# 兄妹
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiōngmèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^1$ mui$^{6-2}$ / hing$^1$ mui$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiûng-moi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiaⁿ-mōe / hiaⁿ-bē
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngmèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syongmèi
*** Wade–Giles: hsiung$^1$-mei$^4$
*** Yale: syūng-mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongmey
*** Palladius: сюнмэй (sjunmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^1$ mui$^{6-2}$ / hing$^1$ mui$^6$
*** Yale: hīng múi / hīng muih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^1$ mui$^{6-2}$ / hing$^1$ mui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^1$ mui$^{6-2}$ / hing$^1$ mui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ⁵⁵ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /hɪŋ⁵⁵ muːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng-moi
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiung$^ˊ$ moi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiung$^1$ moi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ moi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-mōe
*** Tâi-lô: hiann-muē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hviamoe
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ muẽ³³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-bē
*** Tâi-lô: hiann-bē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hvia'be
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁴⁴⁻³³ be³³/

### Noun

兄妹
* older brother and younger sister

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 兄 | 妹 |
| けい Grade: 2 | まい Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | goon |
From 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) +‎ 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), from Middle Chinese 兄妹 (MC xjwaeng mwojH). Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “elder brother and younger brother”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けーまい [kèémáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ke̞ːma̠i]

#### Noun

兄(けい)妹(まい) • (keimai)
* elder brother and younger sister

#### See also

* 姉(し)弟(てい) (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”)
* 兄(けい)姉(し) (keishi, “elder sibling”)
* 弟(てい)妹(まい) (teimai, “younger sibling”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 兄 | 妹 |
| きょう Grade: 2 | だい Grade: 2 |
| goon | irregular |

#### Noun

兄(きょう)妹(だい) • (kyōdai)
* Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “elder brother and younger brother”).
** 1992 June 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “遠(とお)くて近(ちか)い大(おお)江(え)戸(ど)夢物語(ファンタジー)の巻(まき) [A Near-and-Far Ōedo Fantasy]”, in [虹色](NIJI-IRO)[とうがらし](TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 181:
    しかしあなたもずいぶんアッサリした性(せい)格(かく)ね。いつこの間(あいだ)まで七(しち)味(み)七(しち)味(み)って騒(さわ)いでたくせに。 兄(きょう)妹(だい)ではいた仕(し)方(かた)あるまい。
       Shikashi anata mo zuibun assari shita seikaku ne. Itsu kono aida made Shichimi Shichimi tte sawaideta kuse ni. Kyōdai de wa ita shikata aru mai.
       You're sure a laid-back one though. Just the other day you were all Shichimi this, Shichimi that. It can't be helped now that he's my brother.
** 1996 November 1 [1992 August 17], CLAMP, “嚆(こう)矢(し)Ⅰ(いち) [Overture I]”, in [X](エックス) [X], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 15:
    あの二人(ふたり)は町(ちょう)内(ない)自(じ)慢(まん)の兄(きょう)妹(だい)だよ
       Ano futari wa chōnai jiman no kyōdai da yo
       Those two are the sibling goal of this town

##### Usage notes

Generally used to specifically refer to an elder brother and a younger sister, while utilizing the more common kyōdai reading to express the siblings sense.

### References

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