弟妹

Chinese

younger brother younger sister
trad. (弟妹)
simp. #(弟妹)
anagram 妹弟

Pronunciation


Noun

弟妹

  1. younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling
  2. (colloquial) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弟妹):
  • Japanese: 弟妹(ていまい) (teimai)
  • Korean: 제매(弟妹) (jemae)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーまい [tèémáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ːma̠i]

Noun

(てい)(まい) • (teimai

  1. younger brothers and sisters; younger sibling

See also

References

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