二兄

Chinese

		two	elder brother
simp. and trad. (二兄)		二	兄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrxiōng

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ hing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-hiaⁿ / jī-hiaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrsyong
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-hsiung¹
  - Yale: èr-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshiong
  - Palladius: эрсюн (ersjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ hing¹
  - Yale: yih hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ hing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ hing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    二兄
    義兄 / 义兄
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-hiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lī-hiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixhviaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² hiã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ hiã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-hiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jī-hiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixhviaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/

Noun

二兄

(literary or Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) second eldest brother (referring to the second son)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) paramour; male lover

Synonyms

(second elder brother): 二哥 (èrgē), 二阿兄