弟 (dai6 | di4) : young brother

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弟

dai6

di4

[1] young brother; younger male cousin
[2] I; me (used in old-style letters)

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 弓 (#57)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

弟

This word has been viewed 8438 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2014 03:07

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弟弟 dai6*4 dai6*2; di4 di2 di4 di5 = younger brother; [粵] the penis

兄弟 hing1 dai6 xiong1 di4 = brothers

兄弟姐妹 hing1 dai6 ze2 mui6 xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4 = variant of 兄弟姊妹

表弟 biu2 dai6 biao3 di4 = younger male cousin

子弟 zi2 dai6 zi3 di4 = children

弟兄 dai6 hing1 di4 xiong1 = brothers; [粤] Christians

弟子 dai6 zi2 di4 zi5 = disciple, student

徒弟 tou4 dai6*2 tu2 di4 = apprentice; disciple

師兄弟 si1 hing1 dai6*2 shi1 xiong2 di4 = senior and junior apprentices

疏堂兄弟 so1 tong4 hing1 dai6 = distant male cousin 粵
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 弟

你哋倆兄弟保重粵
You two take care of yourselves.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] two brothers take-care]

昇咗職記得要帶挈班兄弟粵
Remember to treat your fellow brothers when you get your promotion!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 弟
Unicode code for this character: U+5f1f (off-site link)

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