徒弟

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	younger brother
simp. and trad. (徒弟)		徒	弟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): túdì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tu² di⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ dai^6-2
Gan (Wiktionary): tu² ti
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-thi
Jin (Wiktionary): tu¹ di³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-tě / tô͘-tē

(Teochew, Peng'im): tu⁵ di⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túdì → túdi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ → ㄊㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túdi̊
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-ti⁵
  - Yale: tú-di
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu.dih
  - Palladius: туди (tudi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/ → /tʰu³⁵ d̥i³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tu² di⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tudi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹ ti²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ dai^6-2
  - Yale: tòuh dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ dei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tu² ti
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²⁴ tʰi²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-thi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˇ ti
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu² ti⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tu¹ di³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰu¹¹ ti⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-tě
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² te²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-tē
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do'de
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² te²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ te³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² te²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tu⁵ di⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thû tĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti³⁵/

Noun

徒弟

follower; apprentice; disciple
收徒弟 ― shōu túdì ― to take on an apprentice

Synonyms

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學師仔 / 学师仔 (hok⁶ si¹ zai²) (Cantonese)
學徒 / 学徒 (xuétú)
學徒工 / 学徒工 (xuétúgōng)
學生 / 学生 (xuéshēng)
師仔 / 师仔 (Hokkien, Taishanese)
師仔工 / 师仔工 (Hokkien)
師哥 / 师哥 (shīgē) (Longyan Min)
師囝 / 师囝 (sai¹ gian²) (Teochew)
弟子 (dìzǐ)
徒工 (túgōng)
徒弟伢子 (dou² di⁴ nga² zr) (Xiang)
徒弟娃兒 / 徒弟娃儿 (tu² di⁴ war²) (Sichuanese)
門人 / 门人 (ménrén)
門徒 / 门徒 (méntú)
門生 / 门生 (ménshēng) (literary)

Derived terms

上色徒弟
上首徒弟
帶徒弟 / 带徒弟
徒弟伢子
徒弟娃兒 / 徒弟娃儿

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徒弟):

→ Japanese: 徒(と)弟(てい) (totei)
→ Korean: 도제(徒弟) (doje)
→ Vietnamese: đồ đệ (徒弟)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徒	弟
と Grade: 4	てい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞te̞ː]

Noun

徒(と)弟(てい) • (totei)

apprentice