阿弟

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	younger brother
simp. and trad. (阿弟)		阿	弟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ādì

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): a¹ hai⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a¹ di⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-tî / a-ti

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ di⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷aq-di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ādì
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: adì
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: ā-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: adih
  - Palladius: ади (adi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: a¹ hai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³ hai²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ di⁵ [Phonetic: a² li⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a-dī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(t-)li¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ di⁵ [Phonetic: a² li⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(t-)li²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-tî
  - Tâi-lô: a-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'dii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-ti
  - Tâi-lô: a-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'dy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ di⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a tĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ ti³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷aq-di
  - MiniDict: ah^入 di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴aq-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ di⁴⁴/

Noun

阿弟

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Wu, Zhao'an Hakka) younger brother
(Malaysia, Thailand) male server

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		弟弟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兄弟, 弟弟
	Taiwan	弟弟
	Harbin	兄弟, 弟弟
	Malaysia	弟弟
	Singapore	弟弟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	兄弟, 弟弟
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	兄兒, 兄弟
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兄弟
	Wanrong	兄弟 male speaker, 弟子 female speaker
	Xi'an	兄弟
	Xining	兄弟, 弟弟
	Xuzhou	弟弟, 兄弟
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	兄弟
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	兄弟
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	弟弟, 兄弟, 富康子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	弟娃兒, 兄弟, 弟弟
	Wuhan	弟弟, 兄弟
	Guiyang	弟, 兄弟, 弟弟 childish
	Liuzhou	弟, 阿弟, 老弟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	弟弟, 兄弟
	Yangzhou	兄弟, 弟弟
	Nantong	弟子
	Hefei	兄弟, 弟弟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細佬, 弟弟
	Hong Kong	細佬, 弟弟
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	細佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	細佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	細佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿弟
	Macau	細佬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	細佬
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	細佬
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	細佬
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	細佬
	Foshan	細佬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	細佬
	Foshan (Shunde)	細佬
	Foshan (Sanshui)	細佬
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	細佬
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	細佬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	細佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	細佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	細佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	細佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	細佬
	Taishan	細佬, 阿弟, 細, 弟
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿弟, 細佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿弟
	Heshan (Yayao)	細佬
	Dongguan	細佬, 弟弟
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	細佬
	Shaoguan	細佬
	Yangjiang	小弟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	細佬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	細佬
Gan	Nanchang	老弟, 兄弟
	Lichuan	弟
	Pingxiang	老弟
Hakka	Meixian	老弟, 老弟仔
	Xingning	老弟, 老弟里
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老弟
	Huiyang	老弟
	Huidong (Daling)	老弟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老弟
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老弟
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老弟
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老弟
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老弟
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老弟
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老弟
	Wuhua (Meilin)	老弟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老弟
	Wengyuan	老弟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老弟
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	老弟
	Liannan	老弟
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	弟弟
	Jiexi	老弟
	Luhe	老弟
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿弟
	Changting	老弟
	Wuping	老弟
	Wuping (Yanqian)	老弟子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	老弟子
	Liancheng	老弟
	Ninghua	老弟
	Yudu	老弟
	Ningdu	老弟
	Ruijin	老弟
	Shicheng	老弟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老弟
	Tonggu (Sandu)	老弟
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	老弟
	Dayu	弟佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老弟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老弟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老弟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老弟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老弟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿弟
	Hong Kong	老弟
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	老弟
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	細佬
	Xinyi (Sihe)	老弟, 細佬
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	老弟, 細佬
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	老弟
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	老弟
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	老弟
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	老弟
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	阿弟, 老弟
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老弟
	Luchuan	老弟
	Sabah (Bao'an)	老弟
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老弟
	Senai (Huiyang)	老弟
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老弟
	Singkawang	阿弟, 老弟
Huizhou	Jixi	弟
Jin	Taiyuan	兄弟, 弟弟
Jin	Xinzhou	兄弟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	弟仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依弟 face-to-face, 弟
Southern Min	Xiamen	小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
	Quanzhou	小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
	Zhangzhou	小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
	Zhao'an	細弟仔, 細弟
	Kaohsiung	小弟
	Yilan	小弟
	Changhua (Lukang)	小弟
	Taichung	小弟
	Taichung (Wuqi)	小弟
	Tainan	小弟
	Taitung	小弟
	Hsinchu	小弟
	Penghu (Magong)	小弟
	Penang (Hokkien)	小弟, 阿棣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	小弟, 阿弟 face-to-face
	Manila (Hokkien)	小弟
	Chaozhou	阿弟
	Shantou	阿弟
	Jieyang	阿弟
	Haifeng	阿弟, 弟, 弟弟
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿弟
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿弟
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿弟
	Leizhou	老弟
	Haikou	老弟 non-face-to-face, 阿弟 face-to-face
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	細佬, 弟弟
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	細佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老弟
Wu	Shanghai	弟弟, 阿弟, 兄弟
	Shanghai (Chongming)	兄弟
	Suzhou	兄弟, 弟弟
	Danyang	弟子
	Hangzhou	阿弟, 弟弟
	Ningbo	阿弟, 弟弟 face-to-face
	Wenzhou	阿弟
	Jinhua	弟
Xiang	Changsha	老弟, 弟弟
	Loudi	老弟
	Shuangfeng	老弟, 弟弟
	Hengyang	老弟

(male server): (Taiwan) 小弟 (xiǎodì)

Derived terms

(Puxian Min) 阿弟囝

Descendants

→ Macanese: atâi

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “阿弟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 1.