兄貴
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Chinese
elder brother | expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious | ||
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trad. (兄貴) | 兄 | 貴 | |
simp. (兄贵) | 兄 | 贵 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 兄貴 (aniki).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Syongguèi
- Wade–Giles: Hsiung1-kuei4
- Yale: Syūng-gwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiongguey
- Palladius: Сюнгуй (Sjunguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
兄貴
- (ACG) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
- Synonym: 森之妖精
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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兄 | 貴 |
あに Grade: 2 |
き Grade: 6 |
yutōyomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
- a big brother (someone who is considered one's senior)
- そりゃ兄貴だ。
- Sorya aniki da.
- That’s my brother.
- お父さん!髪長くてかっこいいね!すごく若々しい!
- Otō-san! Kami nagakute kakkoī ne! Sugoku wakawakashii!
- Dad! You looked so cool with long hair! And so young!
- 1993 April 16, “夫婦ゲンカはネコが食う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵日記 [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by Tōjirō Kusanagi (Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi and Kenichi Ono), CBC, via TBS:
- そりゃ兄貴だ。
- (slang) a big bro (gang leader)
- 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “なくな!ゆうれい [The Boo-hoo! Ghost]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:
- ゴン助とはなんだ!
兄きのことは、ゴッドファーザーとよんでもらおう。- Gonsuke to wa nan da!
Aniki no koto wa, Goddofāzā to yonde moraō. - What’s Gonsuke?
Call him Godfather, okay?
- Gonsuke to wa nan da!
- ゴン助とはなんだ!
Derived terms
- ニキ (niki)
See also
- 兄貴分 (anikibun, “senior group member”)
- 兄貴風を吹かす (anikikaze o fukasu, “to act patronizingly”)
- 姉貴 (aneki)
- 弟 (otōto)
Proper noun
- (informal) A nickname for older or muscular men, but especially including:
- (Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
- Synonym: 森の妖精 (Mori no Yōsei)
- (Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
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