# 弟兄
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìxiong
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄩㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^6$ hing$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-hiûng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìxiong
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄩㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìsyo̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-hsiung$^5$
*** Yale: dì-syung
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.shiong
*** Palladius: дисюн (disjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$ hing$^1$
*** Yale: daih hīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$ hing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$ hing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-hiûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti hiung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ hiung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ hi̯uŋ²⁴/

### Noun

弟兄
* younger brother and elder brother; brothers
* (as a familiar term of address) brother; buddy; mate; comrade
** after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎, volume 2, page 134:別說後來不看見 儻有再相逢的日子 豈不都是好弟兄麽벼ᄉᆑᄒᆕ레부칸견 탕ᄋᆛ재샹풍디ᅀᅵ즈 치부두시ᄒᅶ디흉마 bie siuie hyu lei bu kan gien; taq 'iu jai siaq puq di zi jy; ci bu du si hao di hiuq ma 뼈ᇹᄉᆑᇹᅘᅳᇢ래부ᇹ컨견 탕이ᇢ재샹ᄬᅮᆼ디ᇹᅀᅵᇹ즈ᇫ 켸부ᇹ두씨ᇫ하ᇢ뎨ᄒᆔᆼ뭐 bbiex siuiex hhyw lai bux ken gien; taq 'iw jai siaq vvuq dix zix jyz; kiei bux du ssiz haw diei hiuiq mueDo not say that we will not see [each other] again; if comes the day that we meet again, would not we be good brothers?
** 2003, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第三部, episode 25, 官志宏 (actor):
       Wǔ Àge, suǒyǒu xīshēng de dìxiong dōu yǐjīng wā hǎo le fénmù. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (religion) brother (Classifier: 位 m c; 個／个 m c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兄弟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哥兒, 弟兄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 兄弟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 兄弟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 兄弟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 弟兄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 弟兄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 弟兄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 兄弟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 兄弟 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 兄弟 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 兄弟 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 兄弟 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兄弟 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兄弟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兄弟, 兄弟哥 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 兄弟哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兄弟哥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 兄弟仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 兄弟仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兄弟, 兄弟仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 兄弟 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 弟兄 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 兄弟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 兄弟 |

#### Derived terms

* 弟兄姊妹
* 生死弟兄 (shēngsǐ dìxiōng)